What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
There’s been an ominous silence coming from the council about the future of a £180 million regeneration scheme for Beeston and Holbeck in the past six months. But today Leeds City Council finally broke its silence over what’s been holding up the troubled Little London, Beeston Hill and Holbeck Private
The Leeds Citizen reports that the contracts for the housing PFI scheme in Holbeck and Beeston Hill have still not been signed. A senior Councillor, asked whether the project was on time and on budget said he could “make no promises until contracts were signed”. Read the full story here.
A persistently delayed housing project in Beeston Hill and Holbeck has moved another step closer to completion after the council was given the go ahead to provide funding for the scheme. The latest decision from HM Treasury will enable the council to provide funding for the Little London, Beeston Hill, Holbeck and
Work has officially begun a new divisional police headquarters at Elland Road after ground breaking ceremonies took place last week. Police hope the new building will provide a modern, flexible working environment as well as enabling Officers to train for real life situations with more realism than before. The new
Leeds City Council is set to pay 30% of the total cost of the persistently delayed PFI housing project covering Beeston, Holbeck and Little London. South Leeds Life reported over a week ago that the council was due to step in with taxpayers’ money after one of the banks backing the estimated £180
The troubled Little London, Beeston Hill and Holbeck PFI Project has suffered so many delays thanks to a costly wait for government decisions you’d be forgiven for thinking it might never happen – and now it appears there are even more delays to the scheme which was due start this month. On-site work
The Beeston Hill and Holbeck PFI regeneration scheme seems to have encountered further delays, according to a report today. The ever-reliable Leeds Citizen blog reports today: The timetable for Leeds’ troubled Private Finance Initiative (PFI) housing project has slipped further with an unexplained three-month delay in getting the £180m contract signed
Interserve, the company who will be building the new Holbeck Police HQ Police Station will be conducting site surveys off Elland Road over two days starting from tomorrow. A police email to nearby residents which has been seen by South Leeds Life says that Interserve will be drilling boreholes on the car park retaining
Check out this YouTube video, which is a tribute to the buildings of Holbeck which were demoloished over a year ago to make way fore the Holbeck and Beeston Hill PFI regeneration scheme. The video slideshow includes some really nice images and was uploaded by ‘Good Honest Iago’. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sl2voOzc1k&w=420&h=315]
Local councillors have expressed their joy that a massive regeneration scheme was finally given the go-ahead by the government. Following a Value for Money review by the Treasury, the government have given their approval to the £180m housing scheme which will create 388 new council homes and refurbish 1200 in communities