Acting for a London Residential Fund, CODA Planning submitted applications for 3 separate development plots in the Northern Quarter of Leeds. The three plots sought to deliver a mix of apartments and houses utilising high density, high quality design to build on the already permitted industrial to residential conversions nearby, also delivered by CODA Planning. The schemes demonstrate CODA Planning’s attention to detail in terms of both design and planning application strategy and continued collaboration with CODA Architecture. 

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This was a great project to work on but one that came with a set of very specific challenges. Not only was there the site’s past, which everybody was determined had to be preserved, but there was also the fact that we had to create two family homes in what is actually quite a small space. We came up with a design that filled all Nik and Jon’s wishes, a brilliantly contemporary pair of properties that also pays tribute to the story of the site and, through the use of materials, to the bigger story of Sheffield’s industrial heritage.

The 80-metre dam, which once provided power for the corn mill, has also been cleaned and restored, providing a haven for kingfishers and other wildlife.