Jasmine Café, Leeds: Turkish coffee and pastries could be served from Grade II-listed city centre building

Jasmine Café could open at a former accountant’s in a grade II-listed building on Cookridge Street.

Leeds City Council has received a planning application for a change of use of the building, a new shop front and interior refurbishment.

A design report said: “The proposed works aim to transform the premises into Jasmine Café, a welcoming coffee shop specialising in Arabic sweets, mini pastries, mini salad cups, cakes, coffee, and smoothies.”

The £70,000 project would transform the existing ground floor commercial unit of the three-storey building.

Changes include demolition of interior walls, new lighting, coffee machines and food display cabinets.

The report said: “Pastries and cakes will be prepared in a central kitchen and delivered to the café daily.”

The conversion would seek to maintain he character of the building, built in the 18th century and part of the City Centre Conservation Area.

The report, by Faum Architecture, said: “We propose to wholly improve the character of the existing building.

“The signage and the shop front colour change will respect the conservation area and have similar characteristics of buildings within the close vicinity.”