Labubu fans rejoice: Pop Mart store approved for Leeds’ Briggate
A Chinese toy firm is set to move into a Leeds city centre shop after refurbishment plans were agreed with the council.
Pop Mart, the company behind collectable Labubu toys, will fit out a vacant unit in the the city’s grade II-listed Thornton Arcade.
Leeds City Council granted listed building consent for alterations and new signage for the building at 78 Briggate.
A planning officer’s report said the fit-out would not harm the appearance of the historic building, part of the City Centre Conservation Area.
It said: “The retail unit is currently vacant.
“The refurbishment internally and externally preserves the historic fabric of the grade II-listed building by bringing the currently vacant unit back into use.”
A design report by DLG Architects said the project included an internal fit-out of the ground floor and redecoration of the upper floors.
New signage would face onto Briggate and the arcade.
The report said: “As the proposals are almost exclusively internal, other heritage assets in the vicinity are unaffected.
“None of the proposals affect any of the existing historic fabric.”