What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Supermarket giant Asda has submitted revised plans for its long-delayed store in Middleton. Back in February it was revealed that the store, which originally received planning permission in 2010, would be open by November 2013. But the controversial development has been dogged by delays, including wrangles over land ownership, the
Now here’s a date for your diary… Local group Beeston Community Forum will be holding a special meeting on Thursday, 28 June to allow representatives of Asda Stores Limited and Tesco Stores Limited to update local residents about the current situation in relation to their planning applications for new stores on Old
Supermarket giant Asda is calling on the people of Beeston to provide feedback on its plans for a brand new store – which they claim will regenerate a prominent disused industrial site and provide 140 new jobs. The calls follow Tesco’s claim earlier this month to have the support of
The ‘store wars’ saga between Asda and Tesco is hotting up. Both supermarket giants are bidding to build stores in the Old Lane area of Beeston. Due to planning laws it’s understood only one of the stores would be allowed to be built. Yesterday South Leeds Life reported how pupils
Pupils at Hugh Gaitskell Primary School in Beeston have been getting green-fingered, in an attempt to bring the school’s withered vegetable patch back to life and raise awareness of how things grow. The project, which is being overseen by higher level teaching assistant Angela Worley, is a community initiative supported
It’s been a long time in coming for supporters, but there’s movement – and a potential opening date – at last in the long-running saga of Middleton’s new ASDA. One of the members of Middleton Community Group has posted a letter she received from ASDA on Facebook which says the
Supermarket giants Asda are encouraging local residents to give their feedback on plans for a new store off Old Lane, Beeston. As previously reported, Asda has submitted plans f0r a 2,000 sq ft store which will create 100 jobs to the rear of the site of its current store which Asda inherited
Welcome to tonight’s somewhat windswept live blog from the first meeting of 2012 of the Beeston Community Forum at Beeston Village Community Centre. Tonight’s agenda features Sally Pinder of Asda and Richard Anderson of Anderson Communications, who will be speaking on and dealing with resident’s questions about Asda’s proposals to demolish their existing store
Plans for a new Asda store off Old Lane in Beeston will be discussed at Thursday’s Beeston Forum meeting. Representatives from Asda will be at the meeting to give local residents more details about the plans, which would see the existing store demolished and replaced with a larger store at the
Discovered this video of the proposed new Asda store in Middleton the other day, courtesy the I Live in Middleton (Miggy) LS10 Facebook page. Looks an interesting proposal, once it actually gets built. Last we heard, Asda were planning a 2013 opening, unless anyone’s heard otherwise… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pycr1wLbkb0&w=560&h=315]