Leeds Dam Island
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Apr 30
The Leeds Sustainable Development Group Statement
The Statement discusses the key objectives and principles that the Leeds Sustainable Development Group seek to promote.
LSDG – Landowners, Developers and Investors meeting 11.07.11
The Leeds Sustainable Development Group (LSDG) invited individual landowners and relevant representatives of Leeds City Council, with an interest in the area of Leeds, South of the River Aire, defined as Leeds City Centre South, to contribute to an informal discussion about the opportunities in the area. The meeting, hosted by Carlsberg UK, took place at Tetley’s House located at the centre of the land designated as a ‘City Centre Park’ as part of Leeds City Council’s South Bank Planning Statement issued in July, 2010.
Leeds City Centre South: an opportunity not to be missed
LSDG is hosting a meeting to discuss the future development of the City Centre South. All landowners with an interest in the area are invited to attend. The LSDG remains determined not to allow the huge opportunity provided for the future development of Leeds City Centre not to be lost through any lack of vision and action.
Leeds City Region enterprise zone
The Location of the Leeds City Region enterprise zone may be decided today at a meeting of the Local Enterprise Partnership board. The LSDG, in the absence of any aparent local consultation wrote to the chair of the LEP, Neil McLean and the letter is posted below. The LSDG are not aware of any of the contenders being considered for the enterprise zone, however the Aire Valley is ‘rumoured’ to be the favourite.
“Regional Revival : Why Leeds is riding high”
Please find below a link to a recent article published by Oliver Bennett in The Independent. The article discusses the future trends within the property market in Leeds City Centre. The article inlcudes comments from Rachael Unsworth (LSDG contributor).
Aire Valley Leeds Area Action Plan
LSDG’s comments on the Aire Valley Leeds Area Action Plan.
The Future Of City Living
12.04.2011
A paper discussing the possible future for city living has been drafted byRachael Unsworth, a contributor to the LSDG and a lecturer in theSchoolofGeography,University of Leeds. The paper seeks to encapsulate the LSDG’s thesis on how Leeds City Centre South could be developed for the long term. The ideas were presented at the final lecture of the 4×4 Making Places 2011 Architecture and regeneration lecture series atLeedsMetUniversityat the end of March 2011.
Below is a link to the paper. The group welcomes comments.
