The final decision on contentious plans for homes on the former Leeds Girls High School site will be made in June, it has been announced.
Members at a recent plans west panel meeting heard that there will be a 15-day public inquiry by a government planning inspector into proposals to build more than 100 apartments and townhouses on the South Headingley site.
Representations will be made at the inquiry by a number of different parties.
The proposals have been widely opposed by local residents and community groups.
Last month councillors agreed to support two applications to convert the Victorian listed Rose Court building into 12 apartments.
But they said they would refuse the other three applications connected to the site.
The decision was largely academic as applicant The Morley House Trust had already secured a planning inquiry based on the council's previous failure to make a decision on the five applications for the site.
Judicial Review bid fails
Meanwhile, a bid by local resident Bill McKinnon to secure a Judicial Review on issues connected to the Leeds Girls High School plans were dismissed as 'without merit' by a judge last week. As reported in November, McKinnon's bid for an injunction preventing the council making a decisions on the applications was also overturned. McKinnon must pay in the region of £2,500 in court costs.
The plans have received widespread opposition in the community, including more than 1,300 letters of objection, the formation of the Leeds Girls High Action Group, a 1,000-name petition to request the purchase of the fields for local schools and objections from Leeds Civic Trust, The Victorian Society and local councillors.
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