What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We are all impacted and shaped by our local environment, for better or worse – and whilst South Leeds definitely has its charms and beauty, our neighbourhoods are also blighted by littering and fly-tipping. Quite apart from the thousands of daily bits of litter dropped, every day sadly sees fly
You may be decluttering, you may have bought new furniture and need to get rid of old items, or perhaps you doing some DIY and have more waste than can go in your bin. Whatever the reason there are plenty of ways to dispose of unwanted items safely and legally.
Following the felling of mature trees by Highways England in Belle Isle and by the Canal & River Trust in Hunslet, South Leeds Life has learned that plans are being put into operation to remove all mature trees from parks in South Leeds, starting in Cross Flatts Park. South Leeds
Work is due to start shortly on 28 new Council homes on Meynell Approach in Holbeck. The scheme has been beset with delays. Consultation was carried out in 2019 and planning permission granted in August 2019. But in February 2020 with still no sign of building work starting, we reported
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
Thursday 6 May 2021 will see two sets of local elections. We have the opportunity to elect Leeds City Councillors and a new West Yorkshire Mayor. A third of Councillors will be up for election, one in each ward in the city. In South Leeds Cllr Gohar Almass (Beeston &
Plans for 119 new council houses and a 60 bedroom extra care facility will go before Councillors sitting on the South & West plans Panel on Thursday 1 April 2021. As we have reported previously, this project will develop land bounded by Throstle Road, Throstle Lane and Middleton Park Avenue,
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
Police seized two vehicles in separate incidents in Beeston last night (18 March 2021) Officers on patrol in the Beeston area stopped a VW Golf due to the MOT being two months out of date. Following checks it transpired the tax was also two months out of date and the
NHS Leeds and Leeds City Council are working together to provide a pop up Covid-19 vaccination centre on Maud Avenue in Beeston next week. A section of the road between Building Blocks nursery and Hamara Centre will be closed to traffic and a mobile vaccination minibus will be used to