What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Following a public inquiry last December, the Inspector has published her findings and confirmed Leeds City Council’s decision to divert FP207, the public right of way along the ‘cobbled path’ by Cockburn School in Beeston. The expansion of Cockburn School to create more secondary places in South Leeds necessitated the
A public inquiry has heard arguments for and against the closure of a footpath next to Cockburn School in Beeston during a two-day hearing which concluded yesterday (11 December 2024). Helen Heward, the Planning Inspector, conducted the inquiry to decide whether to confirm the Diversion Order made by Leeds City
Cllr Andrew Scopes has welcomed work beginning to resurface the 700m footpath behind Asda from Cardinal Road to Kingsfield in Beeston. The paths surface muddy in some areas, and was presenting a struggle for some to properly use. Work has begun this week (31 July 2023) and will take a
Leeds City Council has given formal notice that it intends to divert the old cobbled path that runs along the side of the current Cockburn School site. The diversion of this path was included in the planning permission of the new 3G pitches being built on some of the former
We councillors receive scores of queries and problems from our constituents and we always try to solve them immediately. But every so often we are presented with a problem which takes weeks, if not months, to sort out. I received one such problem from the Chief of Middleton Railway which
The latest meeting to discuss the previously accessibility concerns surrounding Skelton Grange Road bridge was held virtually last Friday (12 March 2021) to explore the preferred options previously identified by stakeholders. As previously reported here and here access along the Trans Pennine cycling Trail is blocked at Skelton Grange Road
What do you do with a 144 year old unused railway viaduct? According to a group that met recently in Holbeck, you put a park on it. The viaduct snakes through Holbeck crossing Water Lane and Sweet Street, then across the bottom of Domestic Street and the Ingram Distributor