Councillors in Leeds have backed plans to demolish the city's' House of Fraser department store and replace it with student flats.
The flats are set to replace the store, which occupied its Briggate premises, once the home of the city's first ever Woolworths. Developers are now set to build a 10-storey block of flats which could house up to 369 university students. It is expected there could still be room for shops on the ground and basements floors.
Just five objections against the scheme were put forward in regards to concerns over the new building's height. However, at a planning meeting on Thursday, Leeds city councillors said they would be pleased to see the back of the "ugly" House of Fraser building, which was put up in the late 1950s.
