Category: Middleton

News and events for the Middleton area

Decision on Middleton shopping scheme deferred

The planning saga that is the Benyon House (Co-op) site next to Asda in Middleton is not over yet as Councillors on the South & West Plans Panel yesterday (18 October 2018) deferred their decision on the latest application for a retail development for the site. Planning officers recommended rejection

Middleton retail park saga goes to Plans Panel

Plans for a new shopping centre in Middleton on the former bus garage and Co-op warehouse site will be discussed by Councillors next week, but planning officers are recommending they be turned down again. As South Leeds Life has previously reported, The developer, Marshall CDP, first submitted plans for the

Half term activities for young people in Belle Isle and Middleton

With the autumn half term (Monday 29 October – Friday 2 November 2018) fast approaching, Youth Services have announced a series of activities including horse riding and quad biking as well as visits to Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Lightwater Valley and Go Ape. The activities are open to young people living

Last Coals To Leeds success to be followed by Star Rails

Middleton Railway’s weekend of events to commemorate fifty years since the closure of the last coal mine in Leeds proved a great success last weekend (29 & 30 September 2018). [slideshow_deploy id=’85650′] The event was supported by the Railway’s new President Hilary Benn MP who waved the first train of