DLA Architecture’s £270m plan to turn the former International Swimming Pool in Leeds city centre into new homes has been given the green light.

The 2.8-acre site, which has been used as a car park since the 1967 complex, by disgraced designer John Poulson, was demolished in 2009, is being developed by a joint venture partnership between Marrico Asset Management and Helios Real Estate.

DLA is the third practice to take on the site, which has been used as a surface car park for over 10 years following the flattening of the landmark brutalist baths, the others being Make and Allies & Morrison.

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