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A grants scheme worth more than £3m is set to help thousands of city households facing financial hardship. Leeds City Council said charities would be awarded the funding to help more than 40,000 people. Households facing hunger and debt will be supported by cash from the government’s Crisis and Resilience
A historic building could be turned into a 17-bed shared house if latest plans are agreed with the council. Planning permission is sought for the conversion of Grade II-listed Matthew Murray House in Holbeck. The two upper floors of the Water Lane building would be converted into a house in
A south Leeds pub has reached a compromise with the council and police after applying to operate without door supervisors. The New Middleton, which escaped losing its licence two years ago, has been told it must have at least one bouncer working at weekends. Its operators wanted to remove a
Plans for 247 homes on a former industrial site in South Leeds look set to be approved by the council. Houses and flats are proposed for a vacant site on Clarence Road near the river Aire in Hunselt. Revised plans for the scheme, which includes commercial units, will be considered
Padel tennis will be played at a new sports centre after plans were agreed with the city council. Part of a former film studio on Whitehall Road in Leeds will be converted into racket sport courts after Leeds City Council granted planning permission. Eight padel courts will be created at
Labour has announced its senior leadership team to run Leeds City Council for the coming year. The party lost overall control of Leeds City Council after gains were made in the local elections by Reform UK and the Greens. No party holds more than 50 per cent of council seats,
A New York-style pizza business can open its first takeaway in the city after plans were agreed with the council. Edges Pizza applied to convert a vacant railway arch at Fourth Court on Bridge Road in Holbeck. Pizzas will be pre-ordered online from the collection-only shop after Leeds City Council
Political control of the city council is set to be confirmed after Labour lost its overall majority in the local elections. The city’s 99 councillors are due to meet at the Civic Hall on Wednesday (20 May 2026) for the authority’s annual meeting. Labour remains by far the city’s biggest
Safety measures will be needed to prevent high winds swirling around a planned 24-storey city centre flats development. Councillors were told wind “baffles” would be used when early-stage designs for the scheme on land at Meadow Lane were presented. Developer Glenbrook hopes to build 246 flats after an agreement was
More than 240 flats could be built after the council agreed to sell a city centre plot of land to a housing developer. Land at Meadow Lane, near the city’s Aire Park development and the Adelphi pub, could be redeveloped after early-stage plans were drawn up. Leeds City Council chose