What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Motorists have a chance to see a smile in Beeston and Holbeck, simply by driving within the speed limit! Two Speed Indicator Devices (SIDs) have been purchased by the Inner South Community Committee. These devices tell motorists their speed and indicate whether they are comfortably within the speed limit, on
Cardinal Road in Beeston will be closed to traffic next week (Monday 6 March 2017) as resurfacing work is carried out. The work will be carried out between 9:30am and 3:30pm and is expected to be completed by Thursday 9 March. Access for pedestrians and emergency vehicles will be maintained
Planning permission is being sought to build new homes on a former jam factory site on Old Lane in Beeston. Developers, Barmston, presented their proposals to Beeston Community Forum last Thursday (5 January 2017) where they were greeted favourably. A total of 58 houses are planned including two and three
St Andrew’s Pantomime Group in Beeston once more invite you to come with them on a magic carpet ride to the enchanted world of pantomime. The group will be staging their production of Aladdin at St Andrew’s Community Centre on Old Lane from 14-28 January 2017. Once again this year,
Asda has applied for planning permission to permanently extend their trading hours at their store on Old Lane, Beeston. The store opened in July 2015 and was given a temporary 12 month extension of hours to 6am-midnight (Monday to Saturday) and 10am-10pm (Sundays and Bank Holidays). They are now seeking
The much anticipated Asda Leeds Beeston store opened its doors today, with excited customers and colleagues joined by pupils from a local school. Guests of honour, St Anthony’s Primary, helped colleagues cut the ribbon and declare the store officially open for the 300 strong crowd. Store manager, Rob Butterfield said:
Asda may not be everyone’s cup of tea at the moment with all the disruption around their new Old Lane store in Beeston, but they’ve made some friends at the local St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School. The store has made a donation of £500 which has been used to purchase
It seems Asda are playing fast and loose with the planning system. We have chronicled on these pages the changes Asda have sought and in some cases gained to their original plans. It seems this is standard practice, get permission for what is acceptable and then keep pushing for longer
Energy ‘too cheap to meter’ from extinct volcano Leeds City Council is set to tap underground geo-thermal heating from an ancient extinct volcano under South Leeds to offer cheap or free heating to local residents. Following Stoke on Trent’s example, councils up and down the country have been studying their
Representative of Asda seemed under-prepared when they addressed the Beeston Community Forum on Thursday (5 February 2015). Representatives from Asda and their PR company, the appropriately named Hard Hat, had come to inform residents that work was underway on the new store on Old Lane which is due to open