{"id":323871,"date":"2025-08-07T00:38:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/323871\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T00:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:38:19","slug":"office-scheme-in-leeds-gets-planning-green-light-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/323871\/","title":{"rendered":"Office scheme in Leeds gets planning green light | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Planning permission has been granted for the first phase of Florence Square, a new 220,000sq ft office-led development on Leeds\u2019s South Bank, designed by DLA Architecture.<\/p>\n<p>The first phase is for two new office buildings set around a landscaped public square and pocket park.<\/p>\n<p>Block A will rise to nine storeys, seven of which will be for office use, while Block B will be 11 storeys tall, with nine floors designated for offices. The ground floors are intended to accommodate a mix of retail, caf\u00e9 and restaurant uses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"picture\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"View_07_Aerial copy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2009634_view_07_aerialcopy_391468.jpg\"  loading=\"eager\" class=\"lazyloaded\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1875\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The project team also includes planning consultant Zerum, landscape architect Re-Form and engineers Woolgar Hunter and Atelier Ten.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme is located between the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and sits close to several listed former mill buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The developer is a joint venture between Shelborn Asset Management and Stamford Property Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>The site is part of a mixed-use area that has 5,000 homes either built or in planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Planning permission has been granted for the first phase of Florence Square, a new 220,000sq ft office-led development&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-323871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114984695188101726","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}