What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The decision on the controversial plans for the former Ice Pak factory on Barkly Road in Beeston will now be decided by a Planning Inspector after Aspiring Communities lodged an appeal for ‘non-determination’. The application was due to be heard at the South & West Plans Panel meeting on Thursday
Leeds City Council’s Employment & Skills team have announced dates for briefing sessions for residents planning to apply for jobs at the new Aldi store. Aldi’s new store on the former police station site just off Dewsbury Road in Beeston is set to open in January 2016 creating up to
Belle Isle TMO Get it in your diary and come along- Tuesday 27 October from 1pm… help, advice and support for people accessing benefits and looking for work…
Leeds Skyline Service – the service which provides support to those living with HIV, their friends, family and carers, as well as providing educational services – has been served with a closure notice by Leeds City Council. The council says a reduction in this year’s Public Health budget and lack
Cockburn School is consulting on whether to convert to become an Academy. Academies are state schools, centrally funded by the government and outside the control of the local authority. The school has received an Academy Order from the Department of Education which means the school can convert if the governing
A series of events to support people facing changes in benefits or finding work are taking place across South Leeds starting next Friday (23 October 2015) in Cottingley. The events are being staged by the Inner South Community Committee and will bring together agencies that can offer advice on benefits,
A woman from Middleton has been collared having let her dog roam free. Nicola Willmore, of Throstle Lane, failed to pay the £75 fixed penalty notice issued after dog wardens found her dog wandering the streets in April this year. Willmore was fined £40.00, now must pay a £20 victim
All roads and modes of transport lead to White Rose Shopping Centre for Stephanie Hunter. Stephanie has joined the team at the centre as Travel Planning Co-ordinator and her newly created post will prove vital as White Rose prepares for expansion. Centre Manager Dean Stratton says: “The extension of the
Earlier this week I started writing an article about Leeds City Council’s current Site Allocations consultation ‘Your city, Your plan’. You won’t have seen it yet, as I haven’t managed to finish it. I read the Council press release and it looked pretty dry and full of jargon. I though
A £45million project to improve flood defences in Leeds city centre is progressing well with work now starting to remove a length of the Knostrop Cut. As well as protecting city centre properties and jobs, the flood defence scheme will also protect 300 acres of development land and open up