{"id":965889,"date":"2026-05-17T04:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T04:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/965889\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T04:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T04:22:16","slug":"empty-council-land-has-70000-price-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/965889\/","title":{"rendered":"Empty council land has \u00a370,000 price tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>By Don Mort,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/lnp\/ldrs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local democracy reporter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Homes could be built after a vacant plot of council land was put up for sale with a \u00a370,000 price tag.<\/p>\n<p>An area of grassland at Lea Farm Drive in Kirkstall was deemed surplus to requirements by Leeds City Council and put up for auction.<\/p>\n<p>Bids are being invited for the site after the council previously said it would be suitable for five detached houses.<\/p>\n<p>Auction firm BTG Eddisons said the site was surrounded by residential properties and suitable for redevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.btgeddisonspropertyauctions.com\/properties\/202603111414sq_lwte-260526\/for-auction-leeds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> auction web page<\/a> said: \u201cAmenities nearby include shops and convenience stores, medical facilities, schools, with transport links provided by local bus routes, Kirkstall Forge station and the A6120.<\/p>\n<p>Bids are being invited until May 27 on the site in the Hawksworth area, with a guide price of \u00a370,000-plus.<\/p>\n<p>BTG Eddisons said: \u201cWe believe the plot holds development potential, subject to any necessary consents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March the council said the site was not suitable for its own housebuilding plans and a sale by auction would bring in the highest return.<\/p>\n<p>A council report said: \u201cIt is likely the site will attract a number of buyers, including self-builders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WLD previously reported on the land being put up for sale<a href=\"https:\/\/westleedsdispatch.com\/kirkstall-land-sale-to-make-way-for-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored content<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-13.23.42.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191083\"  \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.specsavers.co.uk\/stores\/kirkstall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.specsavers.co.uk\/stores\/kirkstall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Don Mort, local democracy reporter Homes could be built after a vacant plot of council land was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,269688,200366,236854,1860,11743,16,15,207658],"class_list":{"0":"post-965889","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-hawksworth","12":"tag-kirkstall","13":"tag-lea-farm-drive","14":"tag-leeds","15":"tag-leeds-city-council","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wld-cutswatch"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116588009826049843","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965889","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=965889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}