What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Fire chiefs have performed a u-turn and have decided to keep Hunslet Fire Station on Dewbury Road open. The original recommendation put forward by Chief Fire Officer Simon Pilling was to close both Morley and Hunslet fire stations and merge them at a site in between the two, with the
There’s been an ominous silence coming from the council about the future of a £180 million regeneration scheme for Beeston and Holbeck in the past six months. But today Leeds City Council finally broke its silence over what’s been holding up the troubled Little London, Beeston Hill and Holbeck Private
It was announced at the meeting of Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum on Monday evening that Unity Housing Assocaition are planning to build new housing on the site of previously demolished back to back houses on Brown Lane East, writes Stephen Williamson. It is proposed to build 18 flats for rent and
At its meeting on 12 December 2012 Leeds City Council’s Executive Board considered Initial Budget Proposals for 2013/14 which included a proposal to close Middleton Park Golf Course. It is also proposed to close Gotts Park Golf Course in Armley. The report states that both courses run at a loss
Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making South Leeds tick on the area’s best websites, blogs and on Facebook. Just a reminder that the monthly South Leeds Life group meeting will be held tomorrow at St Luke’s Church, Malvern Road at 2pm. All welcome to attend to discuss the blog,
It’s the time of year when some of our neighbours go that extra mile to decorate their house outside as well as in. South Leeds Life would like our readers to nominate – with a photo please – your favourite Christmas Lights of the season. There’s no prize for the
More than 30 people crammed into the bar at Holbeck Working Men’s Club on Monday night to hear about progress on the Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum. Dennis Kitchen, Interim Chair, reported on work with membership, publicity and designation of the area for the Neighbourhood Plan. Dennis said that, in addition to
Communities in South Leeds are renowned for their hard-working community groups and organisations. There are a lot of good people in South Leeds! While we are lucky to have places like Middleton Park and Cross Flatts Park on our doorstep, there are other aspects of Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley Hall,
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
What can be done to improve housing in Holbeck? Now’s your chance to have your say! Construction & Housing Yorkshire (CHY), part of re’new, is carrying out a ‘housing market assessment’ for the Holbeck area, writes Charlotte Brown. A new housing market assessment will identify housing need and requirements for Holbeck