Planners are expected to approve a revised application for a new temporary health centre in Yeadon, after significant changes to the scheme.

The proposal is for a single storey building which will be up for 18 months while the new health centre is built.

The scheme is an amendment to an earlier proposal, and members will be told the latest one is preferable because of changes which have been made.

A report to the Leeds Plans Panel West says: "The principle of erecting the scheme at the site is considered acceptable and planning permission has previously been granted for a temporary health centre to be erected on the site. The previous application was for a part single storey and part two storey 'L' shaped building which was located partly on the church car park and partly on green field land. This current application proposes to locate the building entirely within the church car park and is single storey in design."

The temporary building is proposed to be located on the Yeadon Methodist Church car park site, and it will not encroach onto the green space to the south of the site. But a planned new access road will go on to green space land.

The building, which will measure 33m by 12m, has been reduced in height and will now be single storey throughout in contrast to the previous proposal which was for a partly two-storey building.

Because of the reduction in size, a number of staff will be temporarily relocated to alternative health care locations.

The temporary building will be set 12m south of the existing church and will be 3m from the scout hut. The proposal includes 15 car parking spaces five of which will be for church use.

Eighty letters have been received about the proposal, citing problems such as loss of green space, increased congestion, and disturbance to elderly people in nearby sheltered housing.

The Methodist church scout group has also objected, claiming that the safety of its young members could be put at risk.

But at the meeting today, the members will be told that the revised scheme is seen as acceptable, and it is not considered that the scheme will have an adverse impact on highway safety.

It adds: "The temporary accommodation is not proposed to be constructed over the graves as it is proposed to be located entirely on the church car park. However, the proposed extension of the car park to the east, and the one-way exit road onto Clayton Grove, would encroach onto the burial ground. The agent has confirmed, however, that no excavation works will be carried out for the proposed car park and access road."

The meeting will hear that the scheme is considered acceptable on balance: "It is considered that the benefits to the local community by way of improved health care facilities would be significant and that the provision of parking should be sufficient to reasonably accommodate for the facility to be provided. It is also considered that as the building is temporary in nature and is single storey in design it would be appropriate in the conservation area."