A plan to turn a former children’s home on Moor Road in Headingley into 30 flats is facing dozens of objections from people living nearby.
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00:00A plan to turn a former children's home into 30 flats is facing dozens of objections
00:06from people living nearby.
00:08Permission has been sought to convert the St Margaret's Children's Home buildings
00:12on Moor Road in Headingley into homes.
00:14The scheme would bring the site, formerly owned by the Catholic Diocese, back into use
00:19after falling into disrepair.
00:20Leigh City Council has received 89 letters of objection for reasons including traffic
00:25safety and the impact on a conservation area.
00:28Despite this, council officers have recommended that the scheme is approved.
00:32A planning report said the site has been vacant for a significant period of time and the buildings
00:36have been vandalised.
00:38Far Headingley Village Society hoped a more sympathetic scheme can be proposed and accepted
00:43as soon as possible, while Leeds Civic Society has raised concerns over the size of a proposed
00:48car park at the site.
00:50Approval would be subject to conditions including financial contributions towards nearby traffic
00:55schemes and the provision of five affordable homes.