What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
It’s almost time for A Winter’s Trail, your invitation to step into a magical world of light during the darkest month of the year at Skelton Grange Environment Centre in Stourton. The trail runs after dark on Tuesday 16, Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 December, between 4-7pm. A Winter’s Trail
Microsoft’s plans to build a data centre at Stourton will no doubt be good for the local economy creating both construction and operating jobs. We all use the internet everyday and we need to infrastructure that allows us to do that. But … I do have my reservations. The massive
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 10 November 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Erection of unit (converted shipping container)
A planning application has been submitted by Microsoft to build a data centre on the site of the former Skelton Grange power station in Stourton. Data Centres house ranks of servers (computers) providing computer power and storage for ‘the cloud’ and for artificial intelligence operations. They require large quantities of
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 3 November 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Reserved matters application for Plot MU4
A Remembrance Service will be held in Holbeck Cemetery on Remembrance Sunday, 9 November 2025, at 10:30am in Holbeck Cemetery. The service will be open to all, those of faith and without and tea/coffee will be served at St Luke’s Church afterwards. Hon Alderwoman Angela Gabriel BEM, who is the
The agenda for the next meeting of the Inner South West Community Committee, made up of Councillors for Beeston & Holbeck and Hunslet & Riverside wards, plus Armley and Kirkstall wards, has been published. The meeting, which is open to the public, is taking place at Leeds Civic Hall, LS1
Political and business leaders from Leeds and Sheffield are travelling to Westminster to make the case for ‘transformational rail investment’ between the two city regions. Leeds City Council leader Councillor James Lewis and Sheffield City Council leader Councillor Tom Hunt, alongside West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin and South Yorkshire Mayor
Roadworks, lasting until July next year, are due to start on Pontefract Road in Stourton on Monday (20 October 2025). Yorkshire Water are replacing 1.6km of clean water main between Thwaite Gate and the M1 junction. This scheme is part of the company’s £406m investment to replace over 1,000km of
Beeston in Bloom led the charge for South Leeds at the Yorkshire in Bloom awards last week (25 September 2025), winning their fifth straight Gold medal. Competing in the Urban Community class, the judges described the group as “rich with art, plants, community and talent.” They were impressed by the