What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The council’s expected budget overspend for this year has risen to almost £30m as the cost of caring for vulnerable people continues to rise. A recruitment freeze and spending restrictions remain in place to cope with Leeds City Council’s financial deficit. Budgets for social care and looking after at-risk children
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 6 October 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Change of use of former public
Plans for celebrations to mark 400 years since Leeds was awarded its first Royal City Charter are set to be shared with senior councillors. Next year will see Leeds reach the remarkable milestone, four centuries after King Charles 1 officially recognised the city as a self-governing borough, a decision which
Bright ideas from primary school pupils in Beeston will be part of the city’s biggest annual cultural event this month. Creative concepts cooked up by the city’s youngsters will be showcased during October’s dazzling Light Night Leeds, which this year seeks to engage more people across the city than ever
Senior councillors will discuss plans for a major refresh of the city’s children’s centres next week to offer a modernised service maintaining Leeds’s position as having the largest network of any major city in England, outside of London. Leeds City Council’s executive board will meet on 15 October 2025 to
Atkinson Grimshaw was born in 1836 in a back-to-back terrace house in Park Street (now demolished) to a low-earning working class family and was the oldest of subsequent brothers and sisters. On leaving school at 14 he became a clerk with the Great Northern Railway Company. But in his spare
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 29 September 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Retrospective change of use application from
Leeds South Bank, the former industrial areas of Holbeck and Hunslet, could be designated a ‘New Town’ under plans announced by the government yesterday (28 September 2025). If the plans go ahead, it could see 13,000 homes built in the area, with a target of 20% being ‘affordable’ and a
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 22 September 2025. Click on the description to see the full application: Installation of a Portakabin Building to
People are encouraged to report incidents as the Leeds JogOn campaign sends a message that harassment of women and girls whilst exercising will not be tolerated. A launch event for the campaign was hosted at the Royal Armouries in Hunslet on Wednesday (24 September 2025), with speakers including the Mayor