Day: 5 December 2013

More parking needed at new south Leeds primary school, councillors warn

  Proposals for a new primary school on the site of the former South Leeds Sports Centre must include enough parking spaces for staff to avoid problems for local residents, councillors have said. Members of the south and west plans panel heard initial proposals for the 420-pupil primary school and

Hunslet McDonald’s gets permission to open 24 hours

  Leeds planners today approved fast food chain McDonald’s bid to open 24 hours a day at its branch off Low Road, Hunslet. The restaurant  currently opens 5am to midnight Sundays to Wednesdays and 5am to 1am Thursday to Saturdays. Councillors on the south and west plans panel today heard

South Leeds Roundup: Heritage, Hunslet St Mary’s and the Hugo Family

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start with a plug – watch out for Stank Hall Barn on the telly on Thursday (5 December), it will feature in Restoring England’s Heritage (7:30pm BBC1) presented by John Sergeant.