Housing and Regeneration

Our Leeds City Region Growth Deal investment into South Bank Leeds is helping to accelerate the building of new homes in one of Leeds’ key transformation sites.

In partnership with the LEP, the Combined Authority is helping to bring Bradford Odeon back into the big time

The Dewsbury Riverside proposal looks to address the local, regional and national shortage of housing, whilst also contributing to the regeneration of the wider area, as a key element of the North Kirklees Growth Zone. The LEP is funding infrastructure and access works to unlock the housing site.

More than 400 homes and almost 650 construction jobs are being created thanks to our Leeds City Region Growth Deal investment into the East Leeds Housing Growth programme

Our Leeds City Region Growth Deal investment is helping to fund critical preparation works on land in east Leeds that will eventually be used for 400 new homes.

Funding from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has helped to assist with the demolition of three high-rise tower blocks and a former Council depot to unlock the delivery of new housing. The funding will principally focus on the site assembly of Phase 1 of the regeneration project; this will include the construction of 105 new affordable homes. The project will also include parking facilities, a cycle route, landscaping, public open space and infrastructure works.

This project is to refurbish the vacant former Calderdale Council offices at Northgate House which occupies a prominent position within Halifax town centre

We’re helping to get land ready for more than 600 new homes in Ashbrow, near Huddersfield, and Soothill, in Batley, with Leeds City Region Growth Deal investment. Once house building works are complete, 610 new homes will be available, 54 of which will be affordable.

Together with the LEP, we invested Leeds City Region Growth Deal funding to support the demolition of a former police station in Bradford City Centre, ready for 8,500 square metres of high quality commercial space and 450 new jobs.

145 new homes will be built on under-utilised land within the £150 million New Bolton Woods urban village development, near Bradford, following Leeds City Region Growth Deal investment.

Leeds City Region Growth Deal investment part-funded the demolition of the old Rishworth Street multi-story car park in Wakefield’s Civic Quarter as part of a major regeneration project for the area.

Development of the Wakefield City Centre South East Gateway is a key priority for Wakefield Council, to raise the national profile of Wakefield within the Cultural and Creative sector and to transform the city’s image by redeveloping Kirkgate as a distinct part of the city centre, which links Wakefield’s retail core with the Waterfront and the new Tileyard Studios development at Rutland Mills.

Our Leeds City Region Growth Deal is helping to fund the 72-hectare York Central development programme. The site is a Homes England Housing Infrastructure site.

Funding from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has part funded a £20m project to renovate York Guildhall into a new riverside business / events hub venue that will attract up to 250 high value jobs over the next five years, the new hub will re-energise the Grade 1-listed building while also supporting the job creation in the city centre.

The project will work with more than 1,300 housing association homes.

The Combined Authority is working with nine housing associations across West Yorkshire to help improve energy efficiency in homes

The pilot project will help deliver the Mayor’s pledges to tackle the climate emergency and improve skills and training

Proposals to scale up the Better Homes Yorkshire programme for the next decade will be discussed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Green Economy Panel next week. These ambitious plans will contribute to the Combined Authority’s zero-carbon targets.

The project has received £2.347 million funding from the Leeds City Region Growth Deal

The redevelopment of Rutland Mills has received £2.89 million from the Leeds City Region Growth Deal