What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
We may have finally come to the end of a long hot summer in Leeds, but the No Leeds Datacentre campaign is still generating its fair share of heat. A group of 170 Leeds residents gathered national attention as they opposed Microsoft’s plans to construct three hyperscale data centre buildings
Grade II listed site on the canal at Stourton, closed since 2024, begins a 12-month community restoration with the public invited to shape what it becomes Thwaite Mills, one of the best-preserved working watermills in Britain, has been taken over by four new owners who will restore it and reopen
Leeds’s only community rowing club is celebrating its most successful season yet after winning seven medals at the British Rowing Junior Championships and competing at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta. Leeds Rowing Club trains on the Aire and Calder Navigation from its boathouse in Stourton. Following the impact of the
A group of 100 Leeds residents have formed an action group to oppose Microsoft’s construction of three Hyperscale AI Datacentre buildings in Stourton. The site is situated next to TCV’s Skelton Grange Environment Centre, just one mile from the largest sustainable development in the UK, Leeds’ Climate Innovation District. South
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 22 June 2026. Click on the description to see the full application: Determination for the installation of roof
Leeds Civic Trust has raised concerns about the upcoming auction of Thwaite Mills at Stourton. The Grade II Listed Thwaite Mills is being auctioned off next Tuesday (23 June 2026) with a guide price £600,000. As we reported in March, the site has only recently been purchased by a developer
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 25 May 2026. Click on the description to see the full application: Hazardous Substances Consent for containers holding
Set up camp for a day of wildness in the woods at TCV Skelton Grange. Activities vary from session to session – but past Wild Play days have included: Wide games, shelter building, fire lighting, campfire cooking, field games, hammock making, wild food walks, woodwork crafts, string making, bows and
Store First, one of the UK’s leading self-storage providers, has announced the rollout of a new fleet of lithium-ion electric forklift trucks across all 16 of its locations nationwide, including its Stourton site. The investment marks a significant upgrade from the company’s previous lead-acid battery-powered equipment, introducing modern, maintenance-free trucks