The owner of an historic building on Lower Kirkgate in Leeds has been given 28 days to make it safe.
The dangerous state of the building, owned by City Fusion, has caused the road to be closed, but now the city council has been given permission to issue an urgent works notice covering that and five other historic properties on the same street which are at risk of collapse or further serious deterioration.
City Fusion has 28 days from the serving of the notice to begin a programme of structural work to make the buildings safe. If it doesn’t, the council can carry out the work before seeking to recover the cost of doing so from the owner.
The serving of the notice comes as the council explores the possibility of buying a number of the historic properties owned by City Fusion on Lower Kirkgate. Should these proposed market-value acquisitions go ahead, the council intends to bring the currently-derelict buildings back into beneficial use.
