What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Cockburn School’s controversial planning application to build a new full size 3G artificial football/rugby pitch and tennis courts was approved by Councillors on the South & West Plans Panel on 29 September 2022. This was the third time the proposal had come to the Panel after Councillors had insisted that
Last Thursday (7 July 2022) Councillors on the South & West Plans Panel considered the application to create a new 3G rugby pitch and three tennis courts at Cockburn School and it is far from clear that the application will eventually be approved, at least in its current form. The
At their meeting on 7 July 2022, Councillors on the South & West Plans Panel have come down on the side of building the new GP surgery and health centre in the heart of the Cottingley Hall estate. The Panel heard a pre-application presentation from Fuller & Forbes Healthcare who
Councillors on the South & West Plans Panel will discuss two options for a new GP Surgery and Health Centre to serve the Cottingley Hall estate, when they meet on Thursday (7 July 2022). The current surgery does not meet current NHS guidelines, having no space for interview and staff
The controversial planning application to build new sports pitches on land that formerly part of South Leeds Golf Club will be debated by Councillors on the South & West Plans Panel on Thursday (7 July 2022). The application has been referred to the panel by Cllr Sharon Burke (Labour, Middleton
Indicative designs for the new Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy in Middleton were unveiled at a meeting of the South & West Plans Panel last month. The new school is being built to address the shortage of secondary school places in south Leeds and will be seven form entry, eventually accommodating
Plans for 119 new council houses and a 60 bedroom extra care facility will go before Councillors sitting on the South & West plans Panel on Thursday 1 April 2021. As we have reported previously, this project will develop land bounded by Throstle Road, Throstle Lane and Middleton Park Avenue,
The latest plans for housing on the former Moorhouse’s jam factory site on Old Lane, Beeston have been rejected by Councillors, but may return as social housing. The proposals, brought forward by Engie Regeneration Limited, were for 41 houses and 8 flats which were to be rented on the private
The controversial new multi-purpose retail site on the former Benyon House in Middleton has been given the green light despite concerns over its effect on the current Middleton Circus and District shopping areas. As we reported previously, the Council’s South & West Plans Panel went against officers’ advice to approve
Plans for a £15 million retail park in Middleton have moved a step closer to reality after councillors insisted that the scheme be approved. Meeting yesterday (20 December 2018) members of the South & West Plans Panel said they wanted to approve the proposals, which would create 140 jobs –