What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The problems facing the health service are being keenly felt in Leeds. We recently read about operations, including cancer operations, being cancelled in the city, and the pressures on the LGI and St James’s accident and emergency departments – staff and patients – as well as on GPs are enormous.
A local plan developed over the last five years by residents in Holbeck is to be unveiled at a meeting on Saturday (14 January 2017). Volunteers have worked on the neighbourhood plan and refining the ideas in response to consultations with people who live and work in the area. The
The Beeston Neighbourhood Forum met last Wednesday (11 March 2015) to start work on developing a Neighbourhood Plan for the area. This was the Forum’s second meeting and Chair Greg Turton introduced the themes that the plan will be written around. Members of the Forum were invited to sign up
It’s a pretty straightforward question, but the answer is sometimes anything but. Leeds City Council has just completed its consultation to identify sites around the city but, perhaps understandably, not everyone is happy. And yet, if we don’t provide homes for our children and grandchildren, neighbours and friends and work
The Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum was held last Saturday (27 September 2014) in St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck. Community members, businesses, residents and volunteers were served with hot soup and a roll. The chair of the forum, Dennis Kitchen welcomed us all to the forum and gave us an update of developments
Beeston Community Forum submitted its application to Leeds City Council for Beeston Neighbourhood Forum to be designated on 22 September 2014. This is the next stage in the process towards producing the Beeston Plan. Public notices have been posted in Beeston Library, shops, public buildings and notice boards in
Leaflets about the Beeston Neighbourhood Plan are currently being delivered to residents throughout the area and a website has been launched. Neighbourhood Plans allow local communities to have a say in shaping future development in their area. The Beeston plan will cover an area roughly bounded by Elland Road,
The Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan will pass another milestone at a meeting on Saturday (29 March 2014). The Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum will elect a Board of up to 12 local people at its first annual general meeting. The job of the Board is to manage the Forum and oversee the
A milestone has been passed by residents developing a Neighbourhood Plan for Beeston. Leeds City Council approved Beeston as a designated area for neighbourhood planning on the 24 February 2014. Neighbourhood Plans allow local people to have a say in the future development of their community. The plan will
Welcome to our review of 2013, a year of contrasting weather – a winter that didn’t let go until late May followed by a long warm summer and rounded off by wild storms. One of the stories that ran all year, started right here at South Leeds Life with