Wellington Place is a 7 hectare site in the west end commercial district of Leeds on the site of the former Central Station. The scheme will provide in excess of 300,000 square metres in a sustainable community of commercial, retail and residential accommodation around a sequence of two major new public spaces linking the riverside with the city centre.

The public spaces will be formed around the historic relics of a railway lifting tower and a section of viaduct, with the option to create a new cultural building fronting the river. The site massing will provide for a dramatic new series of building forms that respond to the existing fabric, environmental conditions and the hierarchy of surrounding streets.

The creation of significant urban spaces, the emphasis of strong pedestrian connections and the massing of a dramatic plan and roof form will create a piece of city unique in contemporary UK urban design. The scheme was a joint masterplan team of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Carey Jones Architects and Martha Schwartz Landscape Architects. Wellington Place received unanimous approval on planning in June 2008.

Client: MEPC Ltd

Construction value: £84,000,000

Completion: 2015