What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
Football will be played in a new indoor facility in south Leeds after plans were agreed with the city council. Plans were drawn up for the conversion of an industrial unit on Pepper Road in Hunslet into a five-a-side playing space. Leeds City Council approved an application for the scheme,
A new pizza takeaway could open in the city’s up-and-coming Holbeck area if plans are agreed with the council. New York-style Edges Pizza has applied to set up shop in a vacant railway arch at Fourth Court on Bridge Road. Pizzas would be pre-ordered online from the takeaway near the
A racket sports centre could be created in South Leeds if plans to convert an industrial unit are agreed. Planning permission has been sought to turn a building at Millshaw Park Lane in Beeston into a padel centre. The fast-growing sport would be played at a new facility operated by
A historic cricket club could be boosted with new facilities if plans can be agreed with the city council. Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club in Beeston is seeking planning permission to build a new club house. The club, founded in 1869, said the new building, along with new changing rooms and