Next week, Leeds City Council will be asked to approve or reject plans for a 'multi-generational' complex to be built in the city.
Councillors will vote on whether to approve the development in the south-eastern edge of the city centre on Thursday. If approved, it would be constructed on Saynor Lane, south of Leeds dock.
The complex would contain a 72-bed care home, a primary school, nursery, cafe and flats for 80 people. The developers of the site, Citu, have previously built similar sites in Japan and the Netherlands.
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In their report going before Leeds’ city plans panel next week, they said the plans would: “Bring diversity and supporting facilities to the growing residential community of the South Bank.”
They added: “The primary school will make the area more attractive for families and couples wanting to stay local, and the care home adds a residential facility which may attract older people to nearby dwellings.”
When the plans were first unveiled and debated three years ago, councillors raised concerns the noise from a nearby glass works might disturb people living in the complex as the factory sits just over the road from where the development would be.
In their report officers, acknowledged that this “is a concern”, but added that: “The impacts have been properly assessed and concerns allayed by professional reports on noise and air quality, which have satisfied the council’s environmental health services.”
Council officers have recommended the scheme be approved.
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