Scarborough seeks consent for Integral  

Leeds City Council officers recommend approval for the developer’s pitch of up to 555,000 sq ft of industrial space off William Parkin Way.

The Brown Moor application went before Leeds’ former north & east plans panel for a position statement in February 2024, and is now presented for the east plans panel on 25 June with the hope of securing outline planning permission.

This would establish the principle of development and secure the modification of access from William Parkin Way.

Professional advisers working with the developer include planner Zerum, The Harris Partnership and landscape architect ARES.

Essentially, the last few years have seen something of a holding pattern. Officers have been working with the applicant and its team on a number of technical matters, including highways, active travel, public rights of way, landscaping, ecology and drainage.

The application was originally presented as a position statement due to sensitivities concerning very recent changes to the site’s land use allocation, from Green Belt to employment land, as part of Leeds’ site allocations plan, a matter that had been under legal challenge.

Access would be taken from William Parkin Way, at the existing signalised junction with Barrington Way, by adding a fourth arm to the junction

Indicative plans show a main spine road through the site with a number of spur roads leading to various industrial units, with this broad masterplan showing a total of 11 units – seven individual units and four which could be subdivided.

Due to the levels within the site, the scheme would be divided into development plots. A total of six development plots are identified rising from William Parkin Way.

Neighbours to the site are the Springs retail & leisure park, abutting the Thorpe Park development, while a 300-strong housing development lies to the north. The site is close to the southern quadrant of the East Leeds Extension, LCC’s major housing masterplan area.

Scheme documents can be viewed on LCC’s planning portal, reference 22/08491/OT.