What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Following a public inquiry last December, the Inspector has published her findings and confirmed Leeds City Council’s decision to divert FP207, the public right of way along the ‘cobbled path’ by Cockburn School in Beeston. The expansion of Cockburn School to create more secondary places in South Leeds necessitated the
Middleton Railway will open its 2025 season on Saturday (5 April 2025) with its traditional Community Day. The day offers a platform to a wide range of community groups to promote themselves to visitors and hopefully gain some new members. People visiting the railway will get a chance to find out
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 24 March 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Relocation of drive-thru equipment and the
Celebrating Hunslet, a wonderful piece of animated community artwork, co-created by local residents working with artist Rozi Fuller, was unveiled at the Involve Centre last Saturday (22 March 2025). The piece is a collage representing various stories from around Hunslet, but with the use of the Artivive app on a
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start this week at Beggars Hill in Beeston, because this weekend Leeds Goes Purple with a host of litter picking events
Leeds City Council is selling a plot of land at Clarence Road, near Leeds Dock in the Riverside area of Hunslet, to Homes England for affordable housing it has been revealed in a report published yesterday (26 March 2025). The site sits between Leeds Museum’s Discovery Centre on Carlisle Road
Leeds music charity, Cloth Cat, continues to inspire with their Get Your Act Together music project for young people. Cloth Cat, a charity based in Holbeck, have been supporting people and the Leeds music scene for over 25 years. They put on gigs all over the city as well as
Councillors on the City Plans Panel approved planning permission for the first residential blocks at Aire Park, the development on the former Tetley brewery site, at the meeting on 13 March 2025. This was a ‘reserved matters’ application looking at the detailed plans, following ‘outline planning approval’ covering the entire
A scene has been in place outside a house on Marsden Grove in Beeston since Wednesday (19 March 2025). In a statement, West Yorkshire Police said: “Police were called at 8:29am on Wednesday, 19 March, to a report of a concern for safety for a man at a property on
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 17 March 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Retrospective planning application for the installation