What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The South Bank area of Holbeck and Hunslet is to enjoy more affordable and lower carbon heating after £24.5m funding was secured to further expand the Leeds PIPES district heating network. The expansion is planned to include up to 28 buildings, with up to 8,000 residents and mixed-use customers benefitting
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 16 September 2024. Click on the description to see the full application: Erection of new 2.1 metre high
Bisade Adeyeye from St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School in Beeston is amongst 12 candidates for the position of Leeds Children’s Mayor. Earlier this year children in Year 5 were encouraged to write a manifesto setting out a project that they would implement if elected by the young people
Leeds City Council intends to bring in car parking charges at Leeds Urban Bike Park (LUBP) on Ring Road Beeston Park in Middleton and is conducting a formal public consultation. The local authority is facing unprecedented pressure on its finances and attempted to bring in the charges two years ago,
Leeds City Council has published an update on its five-year medium term financial strategy, outlining the severe difficulties it faces to deliver balanced budgets in the face of the continued need to make significant savings. The report, discussed today at the council’s executive board meeting, explains how the council needs
Leeds city centre will host a hugely popular festive market once again this Christmas after a triumphant debut year, it was announced today (16 September 2024). An improved Leeds Christmas Market will officially be back from Friday 22 November, bringing around 70 traditional stalls from international, national and local traders
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 9 September 2024. Click on the description to see the full application: Singe storey rear extension and garage
Senior Councillors are set to take the next step in expanding and modernising Broomfield South SILC (Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre) in Belle Isle when the Executive board meets next week (18 September 2024). The plans would see the main building, which dates from the 1970s, replaced and an extra 100
Leeds City Council is backing the first phase of West Yorkshire’s mass transit scheme, in a report due to go before senior councillors next week. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is currently consulting on the first phase of its mass transit scheme, which would see tram routes created between St James’ Hospital
Beeston-based mental health charity Touchstone has organised a walk and talk in Cross Flatts Park on Tuesday (10 September 2024) to mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2024. The theme for this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day is “Changing the Narrative”. 1 in 5 of us will have thoughts about suicide