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A new report has set out the impressive results being achieved by Leeds\u2019s Council Housing Growth Programme (CHGP) \u2013 and the plans that mean the city is perfectly placed to keep building on that success.<\/p>\n
Middleton has already benefited with a large development on the site formerly occupied by Throstle Recreation Ground and Middleton Skills Centre.<\/p>\n
In a sign of the council\u2019s determination to ensure its schemes meet a range of needs, the Middleton development includes Gascoigne House \u2013 a 60-apartment extra care facility \u2013 as well as 100 family homes and 16 wheelchair-accessible bungalows.<\/p>\n
A further development at Acre Mount is planned for the programme\u2019s second phase.phase<\/p>\n
The report shows that a total of 788 affordable homes \u2013 all for rent by council tenants \u2013 have been built or acquired through the CHGP over the last five years, including 176 at Throstle Road in Middleton.<\/p>\n
A further 284 affordable homes \u2013 which are again being delivered by the CHGP for rent by council tenants \u2013 are currently under construction or in the process of being acquired, with Armley, Gipton and Swinnow among the communities where major new-build schemes are taking shape.<\/p>\n
Another 156 homes have been identified for delivery as part of the programme\u2019s five-year first phase but have yet to commence construction.<\/p>\n
The report \u2013 due to be considered by Leeds City Council\u2019s executive board at a meeting next Wednesday (18 June 2025) \u2013 also details a number of sites that have been provisionally earmarked for the development of new housing during the second phase of the CHGP, which runs from 2026 to 2031.<\/p>\n
The sites include land at Acre Mount in Middleton, the derelict Kingsdale Court flats in Seacroft and the former Osmondthorpe One Stop Centre.<\/p>\n
Subject to the necessary feasibility, funding and planning approvals, schemes at these three locations alone could deliver more than 100 council homes.<\/p>\n
Other places lined up for new housing as part of phase two of the programme include Ramshead Approach in Seacroft, Cartmell Drive in Halton Moor and land formerly occupied by the demolished Highways tower blocks in Killingbeck.<\/p>\n
The vast majority of the funding for the completed CHGP homes \u2013 many of which are for social rent, the most affordable tenure \u2013 has been provided by the council\u2019s housing service via Right to Buy receipts and borrowing.<\/p>\n
Other key points contained in the report include:<\/p>\n
The council has additionally, through the use of its land and \u2018commuted sums\u2019 funding resources, facilitated the building of around 400 homes by registered affordable housing providers such as housing associations.<\/p>\n
This means that around 1,600 homes have either been completed, acquired, identified for delivery, facilitated or had construction begin during phase one of the CHGP.<\/p>\n
The number of affordable homes delivered in Leeds over the last five years by all providers, meanwhile, is over 2,900 \u2013 more than in any other large city in the country outside London.<\/p>\n
That same combination of council, registered provider and private sector activity is projected to deliver an average of 780 affordable homes in the city over each of the next three years.<\/p>\n
The results achieved to date by the council\u2019s CHGP, notes the report, have come in spite of the challenging conditions faced by the construction market in recent times.<\/p>\n
The report also acknowledges that \u201csignificant resource and investment\u201d from central government and other partners will be required if the current momentum is to be maintained.<\/p>\n
Councillor Jess Lennox, Leeds City Council\u2019s executive member for housing, said:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAs a council, we are determined to use every tool at our disposal to ensure that people across Leeds are living in the kind of safe, warm and welcoming homes where they can flourish and feel secure.<\/p>\n
\u201cKey to this work is our Council Housing Growth Programme and the hundreds of affordable homes it has delivered \u2013 and is continuing to deliver \u2013 for the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese homes are more than just numbers, they represent lives changed for the better and I\u2019m proud of the success we have achieved to date. I\u2019m also really pleased that, by making many of the homes available for social rent, we\u2019ve been able to give a helping hand to those on lower incomes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know there is still much to do, however, with the city continuing to face significant housing needs at a time when affordable homes are in particular demand.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur plans for phase two of the programme underline our commitment to meeting those needs by providing good-quality, energy-efficient and affordable housing that will in turn help build thriving, inclusive communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The report being considered at next week\u2019s executive board meeting is entitled \u2018Council Housing Growth Programme Update and Phase 2 Proposals\u2019 and can be found in full here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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