What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 2 November 2026. Click on the description to see the full application: Four static illuminated fascia signs; 2
A historic cottage in south Leeds is set to be sold by the council and the proceeds split with a charity. Leeds City Council has decided to auction the property at 228 Town Street on the edge of Middleton Park. The derelict former council house was deemed surplus to requirements
A former furniture shop can be converted into a hot food takeaway after plans were agreed with the council. Planners at Leeds City Council approved an application for a change of use of the premises at Beeston hill. A new shopfront and extraction unit were proposed as part of the
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 26 October 2026. Click on the description to see the full application: Double-sided digital free-standing unit advertisement displays
A grilled chicken venue has been blocked from opening until 3am after the police and council opposed the move. Fears were raised over a possible increase in anti-social behaviour and littering if Pepe’s Piri Piri in Beeston was granted extended hours. The national fast-food chain, which does not sell alcohol,
A new major careers and training fair will take place in Leeds next week, bringing together the city’s leading employers, training providers and support organisations in a wide showcase of careers, jobs and skills. onnecting talent with real opportunities, Careers in Leeds brings together three previously separate events: the Leeds
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 17 October 2026. Click on the description to see the full application: Large dormer window replacing small dormer
A major package of improvement work on back-to-back terraced homes – part of wider efforts to make the Holbeck area of Leeds a healthier, greener and better-connected place to live – has reached a key milestone. Leeds City Council is giving more than 150 back-to-backs in Holbeck energy efficiency upgrades
Leeds City Council’s Vision Zero campaign is urging motorists and pedestrians to ‘be bright’ this October to help reduce the risk of deaths and serious injuries on the city’s roads. As the clocks go back this weekend (25 October 2026) and the darker mornings and evenings draw in, the council’s
An ancient bear which roamed the UK thousands of years ago is among the fearsome prehistoric predators whose remains are being conserved by experts in Leeds. Excavated from the depth of an Irish cave in the 1860s, the impressive skull once belonged to a huge type of extinct brown bear