Project Description

CLIENT
Orchard Street

SECTORS
Retail
Residential
Student Accommodation

LOCATION
Leeds

PLANNING AUTHORITY
Leeds City Council

HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
Leeds City Council

PROJECT TEAM
Stace
Savills
Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher

PROJECT MANAGER
Susan Haslam

PROJECT DIRECTOR
Rupert Lyons

PROJECT

Proposed re-development of The Drapery (former Debenhams department store) in Leeds city centre to student accommodation consisting of 124 bed spaces. The retained retail/ commercial space on the ground floor and basement levels will provide a total gross floor area of 4,795 sq.m.

APPROACH

We provided a Transport Statement and a Travel Plan to support the planning application. The site is located in a pedestrianised area of Leeds city centre with restricted vehicle access. Multi-modal trip generations were calculated for the student accommodation which demonstrated that the development would generate a small amount of vehicular trips. The impact on the highway network was therefore predicted to not be severe.

There were no objections from Highways although a swept path analysis was required for the disabled bay(s), the only car parking space provided on-site. Cycle parking was provided for all residents within the building plus additional outside cycle stands for visitors.

OUTCOME

The development was granted planning consent in July 2021