A 110 acre manufacturing and distribution development in the Leeds City Region Enterprise Zone by Muse Developments has been given planning approval from Leeds City Council.

A speculative 80,000 sq ft industrial unit, which is being funded through the government's Building Foundations for Growth programme, will be constructed at Logic Leeds after the signing of a landmark £2.5m grant agreement with Leeds City Council.

The building will include 4,000 sq ft of offices and 100 car parking spaces.

David Wells, development director of Muse, said: "Now that full planning approval has been granted by Leeds City Council, our Logic Leeds development can start in earnest. The main construction contract is now out to tender and we anticipate starting work on site in November this year, with completion next summer.

"Planning approval, combined with the £2.5 million grant from the Department for Communities and Local Government which will fund the infrastructure to prepare a 5 acre site, gives the green light to our speculative development of the 80,000 sq ft unit," he added. "We are tremendously grateful to Leeds City Council for their support."

Logic Leeds is situated next to the A63, just half a mile from Junction 45 of the M1 and minutes from Leeds city centre.

Wells said: "Logic Leeds is one of the most exciting developments to be undertaken in Leeds for many years. The 80,000 sq ft unit, which features four docks, two-level access doors and a large yard, is the largest speculative building of its kind to be developed in West Yorkshire since the recession."