Category: Holbeck

News and events for the Holbeck area

Prostitute’s drop-in centre angers Holbeck residents

The Cross Ingrams Area Residents Association in Holbeck held its regular bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday evening (25 March) in the Ingram Gardens Community Centre. Around 20 residents attended, the main topic of discussion being the planned prostitute’s drop-in centre on Domestic Street in Holbeck. Jackie Hird from the Joanna charity

Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum to elect its first Board

  The Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan will pass another milestone at a meeting on Saturday (29 March 2014). The Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum will elect a Board of up to 12 local people at its first annual general meeting. The job of the Board is to manage the Forum and oversee the

Slideshow: Walking the Holbeck Highline

  Last week I accompanied local residents Ed Carlisle and Dennis Kitchen, Cllr Richard Lewis and staff from Network Rail walking the 1.7 km of the Holbeck Viaduct. The 145 year old structure runs from Gelderd Road to Globe Road in Holbeck. Trains haven’t run on it since the 1960s

Unity start building new homes in Holbeck

  The community came out to celebrate the start of house building in Holbeck. Unity Homes & Enterprise are building 42 new houses and flats on the Brown Lane East site next to Holbeck Moor. Although not officially part of the PFI funded housing regeneration scheme, the homes are being

Bookmarked: Council set to take control of Round Foundry as Holbeck Urban Village merry-go-round continues

  This article first appeared on The Leeds Guardian blog IN BRIEF: Council could take ownership of Round Foundry and Leodis Court – weeks after agreeing to sell Engine House
Moves could ‘aid regeneration of Holbeck Urban Village area’
 Latest in series of Leeds South Bank regeneration agreements. STORY: A major

Work starts on new homes in South Leeds

  The Beeston Hill and Holbeck housing regeneration project took another step forward this week with work starting on the first of 275 new build homes. Sc4l are developing a mix of 47 one and two bedroom properties across the three sites at Folly Lane, Coupland Place and Malvern Road

Kaiser Chiefs drop in to mark Leeds Music Trust opening in Holbeck

  The Kaiser Chiefs were amongst the audience as Leeds Music Trust opened its new extension to the Old Chapel rehearsal studios in Holbeck on Friday (31 January 2014). The Old Chapel, on Czar Street in Holbeck, has a long history of supporting young bands and the Kaiser Chiefs wrote