Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Development on progress regarding the re-development proposals along Kirkstall Road around the former Yorkshire Chemicals site, together with progress on the planning framework.

The Director of Development submitted a report on progress regarding the re-development proposals along Kirkstall Road around the former Yorkshire Chemicals site, together with progress on the planning framework.

Detailed discussion ensued on the contents of the report with specific reference to the following key issues:-

·  clarification as to why Little Woodhouse Student Village was not included within the report

·  the need for officers’ to obtain a copy of the ‘Boulevard’ book in view of the crucial importance of the design proposals

·  the need to ensure traffic speeds were kept low on Kirkstall Road

·  reference to the huge opportunities that existed on the site

·  reference to the role/powers of the Police Architectural Officer in relation to Crime and Anti Social behaviour and the need to engage this officer at an early stage in the pre-application proposals

RESOLVED – That the contents of the report be noted and welcomed.