Construction begins on new timber frame council housing in Leeds Meynell development in Holbeck

Construction has begun to transform a vacant brownfield site into a new council housing development in Leeds. The Leeds Meynell scheme, in Meynell Approach, Holbeck, will have 14 one bedroom apartment, ten two-bedroom houses and six three-bedroom houses. It is being built by United Living New Homes North being delivered through Leeds City Council's Housing Growth Programme (CHGP), which aims to build around 1500 new, high-quality social housing units over the next five years.