The proposals for the former Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham were unanimously rejected in today's planning meeting, amid concerns they would cause harm to the building's structure.
The then Secretary of State for War rented Park Gate, near Elham in Kent, in 1940 to give him a 'front seat' view of the English Channel and the frontline airfields during the Second World War.
The application was submitted to the Leeds City Council in October 2023 and will see the development of a part 8 part 10 storey building just off of Kirkstall Road containing 198 studio flats. There will also be significant communal space including a roof terrace on the site of an existing low-rise office building occupied by W Denis Insurance. The scheme will tie in to the recent council-led improvements to Abbey Street, with the development providing accessible laybys for short-term drop offs...