Tag: Leeds City Council

Hunslet riverside residents call for dialogue over flood scheme

  Residents of the h2010 development near Knostrop Cut on the River Aire are raising objections to part of the Flood Alleviation Scheme, which is currently going through the planning system. Residents are concerned about the small basin known as Knostrop Quay River Arm, which is directly outside their homes.

Council plans to stop pollution from Cottingley Crematorium

  Emissions of Mercury could be cut from Cottingley Crematorium with the installation of new cremators (the units where cremations take place). Cremators in crematoria up and down the country are independently tested for emissions each year. These tests check the level of mercury pollution caused when old, amalgam tooth

Inner South Area Committee Newsletter

  The Council’s Inner South Area Committee has published its latest newsletter which you can download here: Inner South Area Committee Newsletter December 2013 The Committee, which is made up of the nine Councillors from Beeston & Holbeck, City & Hunslet and Middleton Park wards, funds many projects throught the

No closure yet for Middleton Park golf course

  In September South Leeds Life reported: There will be a report to the Council’s Executive Board in October, followed by public consultation on the “options”  because that its what we were told at the Council’s Inner South Area Committee. However, there was no report to the Executive Board at

Bookmarked: Bridgewater Place wind calming plans up for discussion

  This article first appeared on The Leeds Guardian, the new civic blog covering Council, health, transport and other corporate issues in Leeds. Councillors to hear early plans to tackle wind problems Owners want to put up four 66ft long baffles across Water Lane No decision, just feedback and questioning

Join Leeds Museums in researching the WW1 Leeds Pals

  With the 100th anniversary of World War One fast approaching, Leeds Museums are offering volunteering opportunities to become a local history researcher. Leeds Museums has teamed up with the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) to research the history of the Leeds Pals – a regiment raised in

Prostitutes’ drop-in centre for Holbeck

A new planning application has been submitted to change an unused residential caretakers building at 1 Sydenham Street, off Domestic Street in Holbeck, to office use and counselling and education/training support services use. At first site this sounds pretty innocuous until you start to dig a bit deeper. The applicant

Bins and recycling this Christmas

  Christmas is upon us and the council is gearing up to help residents have a green festive season. Waste and recycling collections have been re-arranged to accommodate the upcoming public holidays. Some residents will have their bins collected a day earlier than normal while others will be picked up

Job creation success at White Rose Centre set to continue

  The Council’s green light for the extension of the White Rose Shopping Centre offers the opportunity to build on the hundreds of jobs created at the centre during 2013. Among the latest to find employment is a team of six car park assistants and three apprentices employed by OCS,