Category: Beeston

News and events for the Beeston area

Beeston Hill and Holbeck PFI gets go ahead after years of waiting

A £180 million regeneration scheme for the Beeston Hill, Holbeck and Little London areas is set to start in September after a long wait. Leeds City Council executive board member Cllr Peter Gruen this afternoon said that a contract between the council and partner Sustainable Communities For Leeds had been

Diary date: Your chance to see medieval Stank Hall Barn

Fancy seeing inside a medieval barn in South Leeds and learn a little about its history and the work to preserve it? Just a reminder that the Friends of Stank Hall Barn’s July event is less than a couple of weeks away. The Stank Hall Barn Revealed event is on

Asha playscheme to relieve summer boredom

Are you looking to beat school holiday boredom this summer? Asha taking bookings for its summer school holiday playscheme from Tuesday 16th July 2013 at the Asha Neighbourhood Project, 43 Stratford Street, Beeston. The playscheme is  open to children living in South Leeds aged 5-12 years of age, is OFSTED registered & run by qualified

Plans for Ice Pak site debated by Councillors

  Aspiring Communities are proposing to redevelop the Ice Pak site on Barkly Road in Beeston to create a multi-faith community centre. On Thursday they made a Pre-application Presentation to the Council’s Plans Panel (South and West).   In their presentation, Aspiring Communities stressed their aim was to bring communities

Asda get go ahead in Beeston and promise start in Middleton

  Councillors agreed to the recommendations of planning officers and gave Asda planning permission for their store on Old Lane, Beeston this afternoon. The Council’s Plans Panel (South and West) also agreed with officers in rejecting Tesco permission to build a store next door to Asda on the former jam