What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The candidates for the 2023 Leeds City Council elections have been announced. We’ve published full lists of the candidates on separate pages for Beeston & Holbeck ward, Hunslet & Riverside ward and Middleton Park ward. We’re writing to all the candidates to ask them about why they are standing and
A local business, Instaplanta (Yorkshire) Ltd has taken Leeds City Council to the Competition Appeal Tribunal claiming the local authority is using its position to block Instaplanta’s business unfairly. The row has been going on for years as we reported back in September 2020, the firm based in Hunslet Moor
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 27 March 2023: Revised site layout of waste recycling facility and construction of a larger building for processing
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 in Beeston where Cross Flatts Parkrun is celebrating its tenth birthday on Saturday morning. The free, 5km walk,
We have been distributing copies of our April newspaper to 200 pick up points around LS10 and LS11 yesterday today (30 March 2023). Copies are available from various food shops including Beeston Nisa Extra, and Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs and
Elections for Leeds City Councillors will take place on Thursday 4 May 2022 when a third of Councillors will be up for election, one in each ward in the city. Cllrs Andrew Scopes and Paul Wray will be contesting their seats in Beeston & Holbeck and Hunslet & Riverside wards
South Leeds Life has pulled together details of as many activities as we could find going on locally during the Easter holidays. Many are free; some charge a fee, although this is often subsidised; some have age limits; some need parents to stay; some have limits on numbers; many require
Councillors on the City Plans Panel have approved plans for the redevelopment of the former Kays warehouse site in Holbeck at their meeting on Thursday (23 March 2023). The site, bordered by Nineveh Road, Marshall Street and Sweet Street and adjacent to the Holbeck rail depot, has lain derelict for
Leeds City Council’s head of environmental services was quizzed about the poor performance of refuse collection on the Cottingley Hall estate by residents at a meeting on 15 March. John Woolmer attended the meeting of Cottingley Hall TRAC at the community centre following questions being raised at the Inner South
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 20 March 2023: Retrospective planning application for the static advertising around the development site on Meadow Lane Meadow