 Planning permission for the project was approved in June 2018, and a further National Lottery grant of £2.3 million was confirmed in January 2019.The work, dubbed the Picture House Project, is costed at £3.6 million and, with additional funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation and Leeds City Council, is scheduled to begin at the end of February 2020.The Picture House plays an eclectic programme of films, from arthouse and independent movies to big new releases.