What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Dennis Kitchen, who died last month following a heart attack, was known to many, especially in Holbeck where he was a tireless community activist over the last two decades. Dennis was born in Belfast and adopted by a family in Mexborough near Doncaster where he grew up. Following jobs in
The Council has approved funding to carry out a feasibility study into building a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the railway line to link Nineveh Parade and Marshall Street in Holbeck. The new link is part of wider plans to improve connectivity between the established residential parts of Holbeck
The Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum was officially established to deliver a Neighbourhood Plan for Holbeck. A forum designation lasts for 5 years and as such the designation of the forum need to be renewed. Holbeck was selected as a frontrunner neighbourhood planning area in March 2012, one of four in Leeds.
Do you have an idea for improving life in Holbeck? Come along to the Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum meeting on Saturday (14 March 2020) and help set our community priorities for 2020 and beyond. Part of the Forum’s role is to help Leeds City Council and others decide how money is
Local people have been reacting to the news that Leeds City Council will discuss selling the site of the former Matthew Murray High School in Holbeck to Leeds United, at a meeting on Wednesday (18 September 2019). The plan is to move Leeds United training facilities currently at Thorpe Arch,
Shop fronts in Holbeck are set to benefit from citywide programme of public realm improvements to ‘local centres’. A first round of 12 projects is set to be approved by Leeds City Council’s Executive Board next Wednesday (21 March 2018). The Holbeck project will see £135,000 spent on improving up
The Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan has been approved by the voters of Holbeck by a margin of 266 in favour to 68 against. There were 2,406 registered voters living within the plan area and eligible to vote. The vote went ahead yesterday (1 March 2018) despite the extreme weather. The polling
Holbeck residents, who have spent six years developing the Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan, are urging everyone to get out and vote ‘Yes’ to the “People’s Plan.” Today’s (1 March 2018) referendum is going ahead despite the extreme weather The Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum is made up of residents and businesses in the
Leeds City Council has today (27 February 2018) issued a Factual Statement in relation to the Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan Referendum in response to a leaflet circulated widely in the area by the Democrats & Veterans Party. The leaflet produced by Bill Palfreman, who stood as UKIP’s candidate for Leeds Central
Residents in Holbeck will get the chance to take more control of how their area develops if they approve the Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan in a referendum on Thursday 1 March 2018. If approved by voters, the plan will become legal planning policy for the area. That means any new developments