Tag: Leeds City Council

Children’s centres consultation to be launched

Families will be consulted on a shake-up of children’s centres which could see services run with fewer buildings and staff. Leeds City Council said it could save £2.45m after launching a review of the future of 56 centres. Plans include a workforce re-organisation, more sharing of buildings and some services for families

Council’s plans to attract investment for new Elland Road neighbourhood

Leeds City Council has launched a consultation on refreshed planning guidance for the future regeneration of land surrounding the Elland Road football stadium, which could deliver a multi-billion pound boost to the city’s economy including potentially up to 2,000 new homes along with major leisure and commercial opportunities. The council

Middleton at forefront of Council house building programme

A new report has set out the impressive results being achieved by Leeds’s Council Housing Growth Programme (CHGP) – and the plans that mean the city is perfectly placed to keep building on that success. Middleton has already benefited with a large development on the site formerly occupied by Throstle

Call for volunteers to help improve Leeds’s parks and green spaces

More people are invited to sign up for green space volunteering opportunities this summer, to mark National Volunteers’ Week (2-8 June 2025). Earlier this year, Leeds City Council, in partnership with Voluntary Action Leeds, launched their new scheme Volunteer Team Leeds, with the aim of bringing together and inviting new

Urgent warning about batteries and barbecues after three bin wagon fires

Leeds residents are being reminded about the dangers of binning batteries and hot ash from barbeques after three separate incidents in refuse collection vehicles in the last week. A waste crews was carrying out collections in Staith Gardens and Town Street, Middleton when smoke started emerging from the back of

Relief for residents as court action helps turn the tide on anti-social behaviour

Court action and partnership working have made a positive difference to life in a South Leeds community where crime and anti-social behaviour issues were causing concern for residents. Partial closure orders covering five blocks of flats near Hunslet Moor Park were granted to Leeds City Council by magistrates earlier this