What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Residents of the Garnets in Beeston Hill pulled together this last weekend – with the help of supporters including Beeston in Bloom – to tidy up the green patch at the heart of their neighbourhood. As reported previously in South Leeds Life, the empty space there – originally the site
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
Supermarket giant Tesco has put up for sale land originally intended for a new supermarket in Beeston. Tesco was locked in a lengthy and unsuccessful battle with Asda to build a new supermarket in the Old Lane area last year, with city planners opting for Asda’s plans to build a new
Asda has applied to Leeds City Council to make changes to its planning permission for its new store on Old Lane, Beeston. After a lengthy process, Asda was granted planning permission to demolish its existing store on Old Lane and build a new, larger store on the site back
A new planning application has been submitted to change an unused residential caretakers building at 1 Sydenham Street, off Domestic Street in Holbeck, to office use and counselling and education/training support services use. At first site this sounds pretty innocuous until you start to dig a bit deeper. The applicant
On Thursday (12 December 2013) the Council’s City Plans Panel will be considering one of the most important planning applications* which affects south Leeds for some years. Land Securities – the owners of the White Rose Shopping Centre (WRSC) -want to expand it by providing new and enlarged shops
Leeds planners today approved fast food chain McDonald’s bid to open 24 hours a day at its branch off Low Road, Hunslet. The restaurant currently opens 5am to midnight Sundays to Wednesdays and 5am to 1am Thursday to Saturdays. Councillors on the south and west plans panel today heard
Beeston residents got a chance to find out more about the proposed Elland Road Park and Ride scheme yesterday, Wednesday 17th July 2013. The Park and Ride scheme is aimed at relieving city centre congestion and is proposed to be built at the far end of the site from
Councillors agreed to the recommendations of planning officers and gave Asda planning permission for their store on Old Lane, Beeston this afternoon. The Council’s Plans Panel (South and West) also agreed with officers in rejecting Tesco permission to build a store next door to Asda on the former jam
Today we start a new feature at South Leeds Life. Every week we will be running a readers’ poll to find your views on a current issue. We are kicking off this week with a poll we’ve run before. Asda and Tesco are competing to build a new supermarket on