{"id":4022935,"date":"2019-02-19T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=4022935"},"modified":"2023-10-10T13:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:17:51","slug":"leeds-boasts-opportunities-for-housing-and-investment-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2019\/02\/19\/leeds-boasts-opportunities-for-housing-and-investment-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds boasts opportunities for housing and investment growth"},"content":{"rendered":"

With room for 20,000 more homes in the city centre, a recent report by\u00a0<\/b>Leeds City Council\u00a0<\/b>suggested<\/b>\u00a0the number of\u00a0<\/b>houses<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>in Leeds\u00a0<\/b>could\u00a0<\/b>nearly<\/b>\u00a0double in the coming years<\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, about 25,000 people live in the centre of Leeds, and the\u00a0majority of residents are in the private rental sector.\u00a0A\u00a0revival<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0the housing market\u00a0and\u00a0property\u00a0investment<\/a>\u00a0has transformed Leeds,\u00a0especially in the last 10 years,\u00a0yet\u00a0the city\u00a0still\u00a0has\u00a0room for further\u00a0growth.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On\u00a0average,\u00a0only\u00a0395 houses have been built per year, despite\u00a0approximately\u00a08,000 planning approvals for new homes in the city centre.\u00a0As demand continues to rise in Leeds,\u00a0the centre is an ideal location for more homes and flats to be built.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The report by Leeds City Council\u00a0stated:\u00a0\u201cIt is one of the most sustainable locations for new housing, close to jobs and major\u00a0transport connections<\/a>\u00a0and providing for the reuse of previously developed land at a higher density than is achievable in less central locations.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A bid for<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>10,000 new homes<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>in Leeds<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Leeds City Council is\u00a0prepping to make\u00a0a bid\u00a0for\u00a0\u00a385m from the government’s\u00a0Housing Infrastructure Fund<\/a>\u00a0to help deliver 10,000 new homes by 2033. If the council is successful with the\u00a0bid, infrastructure works\u00a0is expected to start by the end of\u00a02019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Councillor Richard Lewis, Leeds City Council executive member for regeneration, transport and planning, commented:\u00a0\u201cWe know more and more people are now wanting to live in\u00a0city centres<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0all key amenities within easy reach. This investment would allow us to deliver even more positive growth in the city centre, with a vibrant mixed community and new facilities for everybody to benefit from.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBy enabling much improved connections with neighbourhoods adjoining the city centre we can ensure greater opportunities for residents to access jobs and learning opportunities as well as facilities and services.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With room for 20,000 more homes in the city centre, a recent report by\u00a0Leeds City Council\u00a0suggested\u00a0the number of\u00a0houses\u00a0in Leeds\u00a0could\u00a0nearly\u00a0double in the coming years.\u00a0 Currently, about 25,000 people live in the centre of Leeds, and the\u00a0majority of residents are in the private rental sector.\u00a0A\u00a0revival\u00a0in\u00a0the housing market\u00a0and\u00a0property\u00a0investment\u00a0has transformed Leeds,\u00a0especially in the last 10 years,\u00a0yet\u00a0the city\u00a0still\u00a0has\u00a0room for further\u00a0growth.\u00a0\u00a0… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1982,"featured_media":14461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,42,6],"tags":[34,39],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4022935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1982"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4022935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4022935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6097534,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4022935\/revisions\/6097534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4022935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4022935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4022935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}