Tag: Beeston Forum

Councillors alert residents to Ice Pak planning application

  Councillors in Beeston & Holbeck ward have taken the unusual step of writing to local residents alerting them to a controversial planning application. Residents in the Cross Flatts area bounded by Cross Flatts Park, Beeston Road, Old Lane and Dewsbury Road will receive the letter this week. You can

Elland Road park and ride set for approval?

Controversial plans  to build a new council park and ride facility off Elland Road will be debated by councillors next week – with planning officers recommending the detailed proposals be approved. The plans, which can be viewed here, show a 425 space main car park, with 15 dedicated disabled spaces

South Leeds Links: Hunslet Club, Belle Isle speeding and drugs talk

Here’s your weekly dose of links to what’s making South Leeds tick on the area’s websites, blogs and on Facebook. By the way, remember us mentioning the start of our community correspondents course next Tuesday? We’re fully booked up and oversubscribed, so thanks for your interest. We’ll be running more

South Leeds roundup: Hunslet cemetery, Cottingley arson latest and 100,000 up!

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites and blogs. As the summer holiday season really starts to kick in, we’re pleased to announce that we’ve now passed the 100,000 page views mark since South Leeds Life started in late November 2010. And we’ve just clocked

Beeston public meeting on Asda and Tesco plans

A reminder that local group Beeston Community Forum will be holding a special meeting tomorrow 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 Lane,

Beeston Store Wars: More than 800 sign Asda petition, say supermarket giants

The PR battle between two supermarket giants continues. Asda and Tesco are going head to head in a bid for planning permission in Beeston as Asda looks to build a new bigger store on its current Old Lane site and Tesco bids to build a new supermarket on a neighbouring site. The proposals

Beeston Forum cranks up ‘no to park and ride’ campaign

Members of the Beeston Community Forum group have been raising the profile of their campaign against council plans for a park and ride facility off Elland Road.The forum had a stall at Saturday’s Beeston Festival and were handing out fliers raising awareness of the proposals which they claim are ‘half

Buses on agenda in Beeston, while Hunslet discusses local issues

Beeston residents will have the opportunity to discuss the local bus service at the next meeting of the Beeston Community Forum. The next general meeting of the forum will take place tomorrow (Thursday) at 7.30pm at Beeston Village Community Centre, St Anthony’s Drive, Beeston. The speakers will be Graham Riley

Store Wars Episode IV: Tesco and Asda set for live Beeston forum debate

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

Back our campaign against Elland Road park and ride, says Beeston Forum

Local group Beeston Community Forum has voted to oppose and campaign against proposals to introduce a Park and Ride scheme at Elland Road. The forum’s comments come as Leeds City Council continues with plans to develop park and ride schemes across the city – including land off Elland Road – as part of