Corn Exchange works are given the green light

A refurbishment of the city's historic Corn Exchange building can now go ahead, after planning permission was granted.

- by Don Mort

New retail units will be installed in the lower ground floor of the Grade-I listed building in the city centre.

Leeds City Council gave listed building consent for the scheme, which involves the demolition of an existing bar and kitchen area.

A design report said "insensitive" past additions would be removed from the building, originally designed by the Victorian architect Cuthbert Brodrick.