THE MYSTERY OF 52A RICHMOND AVENUE

Providence Lets, the company set up by Providence Properties to "hold" tenants' deposits, has as its registered business address "52A Richmond Avenue", which we now know is just a block of garages. But now mystery surrounds the date on which Providence Lets actually moved to this address. According to Companies House records, Providence Lets changed to that address on 7th March 2006. But according to Leeds City Council planning application records, planning permission was not granted for land "adjacent to 52 Richmond Avenue" until 20th November 2006, over 10 months after Providence Lets changed their address to there. In fact, we can see from Leeds City Council records that a "MR K M ZAMAN" had been trying to get planning permission to build a set of garages there since April 2003.

To check out the planning application details for the land "adjacent to 52 Richmond Avenue" with Leeds City Council's planning department, please click here and use the following application case reference number in the relevant search box: 06/04214/FU

This is a list of previous addresses that have been assigned to Providence Lets throughout its existence, and the dates on which they changed the address:

15/02/06
44 UPPER BELGRAVE ROAD
CLIFTON
BRISTOL
BS8 2XN

21/02/06
113 LEEDS ROAD
SHIPLEY
BD18 1DF

22/02/06
52 RICHMOND AVENUE
LEEDS
WEST YORKSHIRE

07/03/06
52A RICHMOND AVENUE
LEEDS
WEST YORKSHIRE

It's also worth noting that on each of the planning applications other than the final one (which was rejected), the address is only referred to as "Land adjacent to 52 Richmond Avenue". Indeed, Royal Mail have no record of a 52A Richmond Avenue, as you can see by the following screen print from their website:



So there you go, the mystery of "52A" Richmond Avenue, well and truly unresolved! Did the Zamans, who now run MyHomez, build garages for Providence Lets prior to being given planning permission from Leeds City Council? Does 52A Richmond Avenue actually exist anywhere in the real world?

Who knows!