What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Earlier this week I started writing an article about Leeds City Council’s current Site Allocations consultation ‘Your city, Your plan’. You won’t have seen it yet, as I haven’t managed to finish it. I read the Council press release and it looked pretty dry and full of jargon. I though
The saga of Michael Maloney’s attempt to create a small gypsy / traveller site in Hunslet Carr came to an end recently with the report of the planning inspector, who backed the Council’s decision to refuse Mr Maloney planning permission. I don’t want to go into the case in great
A four year planning battle to create a small Gypsy/Traveller site at Sandon Mount in Hunslet Carr is coming to a head. Residents have opposed plans by land-owner Mr Michael Maloney to build a site for four caravans on former allotments. This week a Planning Inspector heard the case during
It seems Asda are playing fast and loose with the planning system. We have chronicled on these pages the changes Asda have sought and in some cases gained to their original plans. It seems this is standard practice, get permission for what is acceptable and then keep pushing for longer
After last month’s poor performance, Asda once again found themselves in the firing line at Beeston Community Forum on Thursday (5 March 2015). A packed meeting heard that despite assurances at the previous meeting that Asda would “fully consult with the forum in future”, a further planning application has been
It’s a pretty straightforward question, but the answer is sometimes anything but. Leeds City Council has just completed its consultation to identify sites around the city but, perhaps understandably, not everyone is happy. And yet, if we don’t provide homes for our children and grandchildren, neighbours and friends and work
Residents in the Garnets and Longroyds close to former police station on Burton Road, Beeston are lobbying to ensure that Aldi don’t chop down any trees on the site. As previously reported here on South Leeds Life, Aldi are seeking planning permission for a new store on the police station
South Leeds Life understands that Asda is applying for further planning permission to install a small petrol station at its Old Lane store in Beeston. The proposal is to install to automated pumps under a canopy on the north side of the site adjacent to the old jam factory
Aspiring Communities have prepared new plans for the controversial Ice Pak site on Barkly Road in Beeston and are holding two events to share their plans with local residents. The group’s original plans submitted for planning permission were withdrawn in March this year after hundreds of objections were lodged.
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