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Leeds Convention Centre Peer Review

Client:

Leeds City Council

Study objectives:

• Consider the validity of impact assessment fundings in relation to objections received
• Provide an independent assessment of trade diversion and displacement associated with the proposed venue, focussing on impacts to Harrogate Convention Centre and Harrogate Town Centre.
• Assist the Council with its planning consideration

We were commissioned to carry out an independent peer review of an existing impact
assessment report that sought to estimate the levels of trade diversion / displacement
that could be witnessed from Harrogate Convention Centre and Harrogate Town Centre
from the delivery of a new convention centre in nearby Leeds.
The initial Peer Review report focused on considering the levels of potential demand for
future conferencing and events locally, alongside considering the extent to which two
venues would compete and re-assessing the scale and significance of Harrogate town
Centre’s economy.
The report then considered the validity of the high-low scenarios set out in the economic

impact assessment report and provided a revised view on impacts and significance,
thereby presenting an independent assessed of likely trade diversion.
The Peer Review report findings fed into the decision-making over planning approval for
the new conference centre.

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