{"id":931132,"date":"2026-05-01T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/931132\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:24:29","slug":"cheer-leading-plan-for-former-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/931132\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheer-leading plan for former warehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>By Don Mort,<\/strong> local democracy reporter<\/p>\n<p>A cheer-leading\u00a0club hopes to turn a former industrial unit into a community sports centre.<\/p>\n<p>White Rose Cheer is seeking planning permission for the conversion of a vacant building at Royds Farm Road, off Gelderd Road, LS12.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation, which takes part in competitive cheer-leading events, would create a training space and reception area at the site.<\/p>\n<p>A planning report said the scheme would provide youth and activities\u00a0and promote healthy lifestyles in the south Leeds community.<\/p>\n<p>It said: \u201cThe proposal represents a positive reuse of an existing building and will provide a valuable indoor cheer-leading\u00a0and sports facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Activities at the new centre would be indoor-only and measures would be in place to control noise, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Jobs would be created at the site, which was no longer needed as an industrial facility.<\/p>\n<p>The report said: \u201cIt brings the site back into productive use, supporting employment through coaching, administration, and facility management roles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cycle stands and a staff parking area would be provided as part of the development.<\/p>\n<p>The report said: \u201cThe proposal is primarily intended to serve the local catchment area, with users expected from the local vicinity rather than Leeds city centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe site is accessible by sustainable transport modes including walking and local bus services within reasonable walking distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leeds City Council is considering a change-of-use planning application which is out for consultation until May 19.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored content<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-19.08.56-645x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164819\"  \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bramleybaths.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bramleybaths.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Don Mort, local democracy reporter A cheer-leading\u00a0club hopes to turn a former industrial unit into a community&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,214244,393,260493,4884,1860,16,15,260494],"class_list":{"0":"post-931132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-don-mort","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-gelderd-road","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-white-rose-cheer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116500487835387235","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931132","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=931132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}