What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Councillors on the City Plans Panel voted overwhelmingly to support Leeds United’s planning application to expand the capacity of its Elland Road stadium at their meeting yesterday (8 January 2026). As we reported in December the plans will see the stadium capacity increased from 37,645 to 53,000 and sees a
Leeds United’s planning application to expand their Elland Road stadium will go to the City Plans Panel on Thursday 8 January for a decision by councillors. The report by officers recommends that the plans are approved subject to a s106 Agreement that will see the club paying for highways upgrades,
Leading build to rent (BTR) developer and operator, PLATFORM_, has submitted an application for the detailed design of the next phase of its landmark Sweetfields development, located on Sweet Street, Holbeck in the South Bank regeneration area of Leeds. This application follows the grant of outline planning permission in November 2023 for 1,351
Plans to expand Leeds United’s stadium are yet to be approved as work continues to resolve parking and road safety issues. Seating capacity at Elland Road would eventually rise to 53,000 under plans to redevelop the ground. It was hoped a planning application for the scheme would be decided by
Plans to turn a historic building into a 22-bedroom shared house have been blocked by the council. Permission was refused for the conversion of grade II-listed Matthew Murray House on Water Lane in Holbeck. The project would have seen en suite rooms with shared dining rooms and a communal kitchen
The expansion of a special needs school with 100 extra places could be given formal approval by council planners. A planning application setting out proposals for the re-building of Broomfield South school in Belle Isle has been submitted. The project would see part of the Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre (SILC)
A planning application has been submitted by Microsoft to build a data centre on the site of the former Skelton Grange power station in Stourton. Data Centres house ranks of servers (computers) providing computer power and storage for ‘the cloud’ and for artificial intelligence operations. They require large quantities of
A new Premier Inn hotel will help boost the city centre economy after plans were agreed with the council. Permission was sought to convert Verity House, on Canal Wharf in Holbeck, into a 131-bed hotel. Extensions will be added to the former office building as part of the project by
A fire-hit former factory could be bulldozed to make way for a row of houses under latest plans for the site. LWS Properties is seeking planning permission to redevelop Wayside Works, on Shafton Lane in Holbeck. The company previously applied to build 24 flats at the site but withdrew the proposal.
A planning application has been made to covert one of the buildings at Versa TV and film studios in Holbeck into a Padel Tennis Centre. Padel is a sport that combines elements of squash and tennis, which is becoming increasingly popular in the UK. Needing less skill and fitness than