Natpower pledges £40m amid North Yorkshire BESS plans

Watkin Jones’ 230-unit co-living development in central Leeds is looking for investors to come on board as part of a joint venture or a forward funding deal. 

The student living operator, selected by HIG and Primus to run the 400-bed Fabric Works in Leeds, has launched the scheme ahead of the next academic year.

The retirement living developer is looking to redevelop brownfield land in the West Yorkshire village into 54 apartments. 

Planning permission for the development was approved by North Yorkshire Council in August last year and the developer is now set to be approved for the £9.6m project.

Calderdale Council has released designs showing a revamped town square and is now talking to potential contractors, with a view to seeking contract tenders and planning permission in 2025. 

The housebuilder has applied to Barnsley Council for permission to build the £70m scheme in the South Yorkshire village. 

Wilmott Dixon will deliver the first phase of the redevelopment of the Seam, which includes a 50,000 sq ft urban park and a Yorkshire Roses landmark, as well as improved parking. 

The West Yorkshire city will start its stint as the UK City of Culture with an opening ceremony this evening, in a move that could leverage an estimated £700m of growth by 2030. 

Planning reform, however radical, will not move the dial on the UK’s sluggish housing delivery record unless the government also commits to significant grant funding to unlock sites in the North of England.