Tag: Cllr Peter Gruen

Targeting housing standards in Holbeck

A range of agencies made their way to the Recreations in Holbeck today (24 March 2015) to talk to residents in the next stage of their work to help landlords improve the area. The Leeds Neighbourhood Approach is an intensive project that has been piloted in Armley and Harehills. As

Leeds Neighbourhood Approach to Landlord Forum in Holbeck

St. Matthew’s community centre hosted the first landlord forum yesterday evening (4 March 2015) in Holbeck. The hall was encouragingly filled with local landlords from the community to hear words from ward councilors and different services of Housing sector and West Yorkshire Police. Cllr Peter Gruen introduced forum as the

Private landlords in Holbeck meet to improve the area

Private landlords who manage houses in the Holbeck area are being invited to the area’s first landlords forum to find out how they can work together to improve their community. The first forum will take place later today, Wednesday 4 March 2015 between 6pm and 7:30pm at St Matthew’s Community

Independent living for older people in Holbeck

Newly refurbished sheltered accommodation offering an independent lifestyle has been officially opened today (Tuesday 10 February 2015). Ingram Court in Holbeck has benefited from a substantial make-over by sc4L as part of the council’s housing regeneration project. Built in 1976, the building has now undergone a major transformation to provide

Multi-agency operation tackles rogue landlords in Beeston

Leeds City Council, working with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) and other partners across the city, carried out an operation on Dewsbury Road last week as part of a scheme tackling rogue landlords. The multi-agency operation was targeting fire safety, environmental health and standards of accommodation, as well

Council gains city wide injunction to prevent encampments

  Leeds City Council has gained a wide ranging injunction to prevent travellers from setting up unlawful encampments on key environmentally sensitive areas of land across the city. The six sites are: Holbeck Moor, The John Charles Centre for Sport, Gassy Field at Armley Gyratory, Roundhay Park and Soldiers Field,

Regeneration boost for Holbeck’s historic Tower Works

  Regeneration plans for Holbeck Urban Village have received a boost with a number of developers coming forward with proposals to regenerate the iconic Tower Works site. The Leeds City Council and Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) have been working together to use assets they both own at the Tower