What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council is progressing with plans we reported on in May 2024, to refurbish two multi-use games areas (MUGAs) into gated PlayZones utilising funding from the Football Foundation. The first is planned for Cross Flatts Park and will occupy half of the existing south west MUGA which is currently
A historic Holbeck building is set to begin a new chapter after Leeds Building Society announced plans to renovate the Old Box Office on Domestic Street for community use. As part of the Heart of Holbeck regeneration plans, Holbeck Together will become owners and custodian of the building, with responsibility
Green Party councillors on Leeds City Council, including Cllr Ed Carlisle (Hunslet & Riverside) and Matt Rogan (Beeston & Holbeck), have come out against the plans for Microsoft to build a hyperscale Data Centre at the former power station site at Skelton Grange and have issued the following statement: Leeds
A historic cricket club is set to get upgraded facilities after plans were agreed with the city council. Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club sought planning permission to build a new clubhouse at its ground on Gipsy Lane in Beeston. New changing rooms and car parking are also planned for the site after
A group of 100 Leeds residents have formed an action group to oppose Microsoft’s construction of three Hyperscale AI Datacentre buildings in Stourton. The site is situated next to TCV’s Skelton Grange Environment Centre, just one mile from the largest sustainable development in the UK, Leeds’ Climate Innovation District. South
A historic building could be turned into a 17-bed shared house if latest plans are agreed with the council. Planning permission is sought for the conversion of Grade II-listed Matthew Murray House in Holbeck. The two upper floors of the Water Lane building would be converted into a house in
Plans for 247 homes on a former industrial site in South Leeds look set to be approved by the council. Houses and flats are proposed for a vacant site on Clarence Road near the river Aire in Hunselt. Revised plans for the scheme, which includes commercial units, will be considered
A controversial planning application to build supported housing for people at risk of homelessness in Beeston will be discussed at a meeting on Monday (1 June 2026). St George’s Crypt, which has run a city centre homeless shelter for many years, has submitted a planning application to build 34 self-contained
Safety measures will be needed to prevent high winds swirling around a planned 24-storey city centre flats development. Councillors were told wind “baffles” would be used when early-stage designs for the scheme on land at Meadow Lane were presented. Developer Glenbrook hopes to build 246 flats after an agreement was
More than 240 flats could be built after the council agreed to sell a city centre plot of land to a housing developer. Land at Meadow Lane, near the city’s Aire Park development and the Adelphi pub, could be redeveloped after early-stage plans were drawn up. Leeds City Council chose