The plans from Ashcourt Group would create a new tourist and leisure destination, jobs for local people, and provide environmental and economic benefits for the community.
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The plans include a range of eco lodges and a wedding venue and conference facility. A community space, café, cycle hub and open green spaces are including within a landscaped setting.
This project would bring a brownfield, underutilised industrial site back to life as an eco leisure hub including a range of sustainability measures.
The existing site, which is designated ‘greenbelt’, includes several large and unsightly structures across a site which does not provide any benefits or usability for the local community. The exciting plans are smaller in scale and coverage across the site whilst delivering new landscaped areas which are more biodiverse and a pleasant environment.
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GB (previously Bayford) Oils’ storage depot was developed at Fleet Lane by the canal in the 1960s, with oil brought in mainly by barge and distributed by road tanker. The depot, acquired by Ashcourt Group, continues to be used as a storage depot and is identified as a wharf for aggregate transportation in Leeds City Council’s adopted plan.
Part of Ashcourt’s core business is the operation of concrete storage plants and aggregate recycling plants. Should the proposed scheme be unsuccessful, the storage facility would continue to create:
During our initial pre-application consultation, it was recognised and accepted by the community and local representatives, that the existing site currently detracts from the surrounding area providing no sustainable conservation benefits to the canal/river corridor.
The proposed eco leisure hub would transform this site into a sustainable development which can be enjoyed by everyone and deliver direct benefits for the whole community.
Around 40 eco-friendly and sustainable lodges, including 1, 2 and 4 bedrooms with green roofs, energy saving designs, encapsulated in a carbon neutral package
Café set in landscaped gardens including a community space and cycle hub to support future leisure initiatives and wellbeing
Central conference facility and wedding venue which seeks BREAAM ‘Excellence’ rating, delivering benefits to the local economy
Extended public car park (58 spaces) and private guest car park (86 spaces) with electric charging points and dedicated disabled parking
Upgraded access and road surface on Fleet Lane
Central pond for community amenity, encouraging wildlife, improved habitat and to minimise flood risk
Our leisure hub will aim to become a focal point for local and regional leisure initiatives supporting the river corridor. We aim to encourage leisure activities such as cycling, walking, paddleboarding and ornithology
Picturesque landing jetty that can accommodate the water taxi from Leeds City Centre
Improved CCTV, lighting and security on-site
The proposed wedding venue and conference/meeting facility would be a centrepiece of the scheme and provide a new state-of-the-art and sustainable offer. The venue would cater for up to 120 guests and include:
The scheme would provide several new facilities including a café, cycling hub and meeting spaces to be run and used for by the local community. The development would also open up this site for wider biodiversity and open green spaces.
An eco-leisure hub includes a range of activities for visitors and the local community which connects them with the countryside in a sustainable way.
Our vision is to transform the Bayford Oils site into a leisure hub with sympathetic landscaping that epitomises the rural character of the navigation corridor and surrounding area.
The scheme includes eco-friendly accommodation, which is complimentary in design, using locally sourced materials, promoting a theme of sustainability. We aim to provide excellent recreational opportunities that meet currently un-met needs within the community and encourages tourism.
The central wedding venue and conference room facility that provides local employment, benefits the local economy and promotes commercial footfall.
Around 55 new local jobs in hospitality and general running of the leisure hub will be created. There will also be an £2m annual boost to the local economy, when the development is completed.
There will also be opportunities to get involved in the construction phase.
The plans include a range of 40 eco-friendly sustainable lodges, with 1, 2 and 4 bedrooms.
We estimate approximately 35 weddings per year with most trips at weekends, with additional visitors for conferences and accommodation.
The wedding venue will cater for up to 120 guests and include a wedding vestibule which doubles as a conference and local meeting facility.
Our proposals would transform the current site, delivering seven acres of landscape gardens with meadow flowers and natural pathways and dry stoned walls. The scheme is designed to encourage wildlife and connect with the surrounding environment. There will be native trees including English Oak, Willow, Cherry, Silver Birch, Maple, and Beech. Following feedback from the RSPB we will include swift boxes and other bird friendly features.
We have conducted extensive floor risk assessments to mitigate risk, taking into, consideration, climate change, long term predictive impact, risk assessment analysis and 3D modeling of surrounding area. All recommendations will be implemented, including the inclusion of two water features, which will aid in surface water drainage.
Evacuation plans have been created to minimize risk and fully comply with council requirements.
The new business will be run and operated by two generations of the same family, all experienced in hospitality and bringing a variety of skills and personalities to the venture. Each has invested, both financially and personally to the future success of the business and have been an integral part of the design and vision for the project. With deep Yorkshire roots, they recognise the importance of local wellbeing and are excited at becoming an integral part of the community.
We are targeting a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating for the wedding and conference building, which would put this building in the top 10 per cent of buildings in the UK. The development will be net zero carbon.
This means the amount of carbon emissions created by the buildings operation ie. heating, hot water, lighting, ventilation etc is less than the amount of energy that is created by renewable energy technologies provided by the development.
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