Bramham Park is a privately-owned house and estate

Organisers of the Leeds Festival have been told they can use the grounds of Bramham Park on the edge of the city for this year's festival.

The promoter, Mean Fiddler, has also made an application to use the music event's usual home at Temple Newsam.

The application for that site will be heard on Wednesday.

Mean Fiddler says if both applications are successful it will use Temple Newsam.

Members of Leeds City Council's licensing panel met all day at the privately-owned Bramham Park near Wetherby before deciding to grant a licence for the site.

At previous festivals, toilet blocks have been set on fire.

Councillor John Proctor says local residents will suffer

But Melvyn Benn of Mean Fiddler said this year non-combustible toilets would be used and security stepped up.

Organisers were forced to look for an alternative site after violence at the end of the last two festivals at Temple Newsam.

Announcing the decision at Bramham Park, the licensing panel chairman, Councillor Jack Dunn, said: "We have considered the proposals and the new security measures put in place by the applicant.

"The location seems satisfactory and the provisions for public safety seem satisfactory."

Rural area

The applications for both the Bramham Park and Temple Newsam sites are opposed by West Yorkshire Police and local residents.

Councillor John Proctor, who lives near Bramham Park, said before the decision was announced: "Bramham Park is in an isolated rural area.

"All the festival will do is cause disruption and disturbance to local villages."

Around 50,000 tickets are expected to be sold for the Leeds Festival which takes place on the August bank holiday weekend.

Blur, Metallica and Linkin Park are among the bands booked to appear.