Plans have been approved to build nearly 1,000 new homes in Leeds.

Keepmoat and Strata have secured consent to develop a total of 971 new homes across eight brownfield sites in Seacroft, Halton Moor and Osmondthorpe.

The phased programme will be delivered over the next 10 years and forms part of the council's Brownfield Land Programme.

The site to be developed by Keepmoat are:

• Cartmell Drive, Halton Moor (45 properties)

• Rathmell Road and Kendal Drive, Halton Moor (109)

• Wykebeck Avenue and Wykebeck Mount, Osmondthorpe (102)

• York Road and South Parkway, Seacroft (33)

• Seacroft Crescent, Seacroft (49)

• Brooklands Avenue/Drive and Parkway Close, Seacroft (272)

Elsewhere, the sites to be developed by Strata are as follows:

• Former Asket Hill Primary School/Kentmere Approach (245 properties)

• Bishops Way, Seacroft (116 properties)

The new homes will be a mix of two, three and four-bed houses, and will include a proportion of 'affordable' housing.

In addition, a new road and bus route link will be built connecting North Parkway and South Parkway, while there will also be dedicated pedestrian and cycle links put in place.

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The schemes will also make a significant commitment to the development of the new Killingbeck Meadows Natural Flood Management Scheme, which as well as helping to alleviate flood risk in the area through sustainable drainage will also become an attractive new public space with landscaping, planting and paths.

Overall, the programme is anticipated to create around 170 new jobs for local people and around 40 apprenticeship opportunities.

Further sites in the Brownfield Land Programme will be coming forward to the market in the months to come, with the first expected to be at Beckhills in Meanwood next month.

Speaking on Monday, 03 April, Cllr Richard Lewis said: "We are delighted to see these applications be approved today, as they are very important to continue the growing momentum of regeneration in east Leeds through housing growth and choice as well as offering potential local job and training opportunities.

"Bringing cleared sites back into use means that there is already infrastructure either ready or waiting or able to be reactivated with some support, whether this is health centre, schools, roads or bus services.

"Schemes like these demonstrate our commitment to a brownfield-field approach to delivering much-needed new housing in Leeds, and working with developers and communities like this we can achieve sustainable growth in a phased way, so we very much look forward to following the progress of these developments in the years to come."

Ian Hoad, Regional Director for Keepmoat, said: "Ninety-eight per cent of the homes we build are on brownfield land and the vast majority of purchasers are first-time buyers, so we very much look forward to delivering this project for the people of Leeds and making a real impact on the wider community."

Nigel Robson, Strata Land Director, said: "We are pleased with the progress of our ongoing development at Ambition on Asket Drive and we look forward to delivering further phases of development in Seacroft with the new schemes at Kentmere Approach, the former Asket Hill Primary School and Bishops Way."

(LM/CD)