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Madeleine Kenning, Councillor Peter Carlill and Kevin Busby.
5th June 2026
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Major milestone reached for new Leeds council housing development

The first tenants have moved into a new council housing development which will deliver dozens of affordable homes in a Leeds community. Construction work began in late 2024 on the Hough Top scheme in Swinnow, near Pudsey, where 82 houses and apartments are being built on the site of a former school. The Leeds City…
Leeds Jewish Housing Association
3rd April 2026
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Leeds Jewish Housing Association honoured at Civic Hall for outstanding tenant satisfaction

Leeds Jewish Housing Association has been recognised at Civic Hall after achieving outstanding tenant satisfaction results, with residents praising the quality of its homes, services and community impact. Leeds Jewish Housing Association has been praised by the city’s Lord Mayor after delivering strong resident satisfaction results and continuing its long-standing work to support communities…
Housing Estate in Holt Park
26th March 2021
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Housing estate in Holt Park set for near £9m green refurbishment boost

A housing estate in Holt Park is set to benefit from a major new green refurbishment programme totalling almost £9m. Part funded by Leeds City Council (£4.69m) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS – £4.18m), this significant investment of £8.87m will now be used to deliver a host of whole…
Better Homes Yorkshire
6th November 2020
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Hundreds of homes in Leeds to benefit from £2.9 million of funding to install energy efficiency measures

Leeds City Council has secured £2.9 million of funding to provide targeted energy efficiency improvements such as cavity wall insulation, air source heat pumps, and external wall insulation in areas with high levels of fuel poverty and inefficient homes. The work, which is funded by a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy grant,…
ENGIE
18th September 2020
1 min read

Multi-million-pound Leeds housing development gets started

Building work has officially started on a £12million new build housing project in Leeds. Energy and regeneration specialist ENGIE will transform the site at Queenshill Avenue, Moortown, on behalf of Leeds Jewish Housing Association (LJHA), to create the social housing provider’s biggest sheltered accommodation scheme to date. Twenty-two existing properties have been demolished to…
Housing Leeds
14th August 2020
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New council homes handover for Gipton and Osmondthorpe

Fifty-nine new council homes have been built across five sites in the Gipton and Osmondthorpe areas of Leeds. The Nevilles Scheme has provided 32 new homes across three sites in Osmondthorpe, and 27 more new homes have been delivered on two sites in Gipton, at The Beeches. The developments include two and three bedroom…
Leeds Council House Growth Programme
13th December 2018
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Plans move forward for new extra care housing across the city

Senior councillors in Leeds will be discussing a programme to deliver new council-owned extra care housing at a meeting next week. At the council’s executive board meeting to be held at Civic Hall on Wednesday 19 December, members will be updated on the progress made in the delivery of the extra care housing programme,…
Leeds Private Rental Housing Sector
22nd November 2018
1 min read

The annual landlords’ conference returns to the city for eighth year

Leeds City Council will host the eighth annual Leeds Landlords’ Conference on 28 November amid a busy time for the private rented sector nationally. Leading names in the Leeds Private Rental Housing Sector together with council bosses will be at the event to discuss the future of quality housing with landlords. Places are going…
HMO Licensing
31st July 2018
1 min read

Landlord licence changes for houses in multiple occupation

Landlords are being urged to ensure their licences are up to date ahead of changes to the law that mean more people who live in privately-rented houses in multiple occupations (HMOs) will be covered by the scheme. New government rules will come into effect on 1 October 2018 that widen the scope under which…
Leeds Core Strategy
6th July 2018
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Public hearings on future Leeds housing plans set to begin

The proposed locations of future new housing across Leeds will be discussed at public hearings beginning next week. Starting at 1 pm on Monday 9 July at Leeds Civic Hall, the public examination of the revised Site Allocations Plan for the city will be considered by two independent government inspectors. The Site Allocations Plan…
Swarcliffe PFI Leeds
17th May 2018
1 min read

Swarcliffe housing project wins international gold award

A transformative scheme to redevelop a 1950s Leeds estate, deliver modern housing and create a sense of community has won a prestigious international partnership award. Now in its 20th year, the Public Private Partnership awards highlight the best examples from public and private sectors across the world working together for a common goal and…
Leeds Housing Infrastructure Fund
21st March 2018
1 min read

Comment on government Housing Infrastructure Fund announcement

Leeds City Council has welcomed a government announcement that a bid for funding of up to £113million for city centre infrastructure investment to support new housing and public spaces has progressed to a shortlisting stage. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has confirmed that Leeds is one of 44 national bids to…
Housing Infrastructure Fund
6th March 2018
2 mins read

New housing sites in Leeds set to proceed after funding green light

The development of more than 600 new homes in Leeds is to proceed following government approval for two schemes in the city. Approval of more than £7million from the government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund has been confirmed to support the development of new housing at land to the east of Otley and at Roundhay Road…
Leeds Core Strategy
9th February 2018
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Public consultation begins on revised future housing figure for Leeds

Public consultation on changes to the Core Strategy in Leeds including a lower future housing target for the city has started today. Following approval by the council’s executive board earlier this week, consultation will run for the next six weeks inviting views on the selective review of the Core Strategy, which underpins all development…
Site Allocations Plan
17th November 2017
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Leeds Site Allocations Plan (SAP) – green belt update

Leeds City Council’s development plan panel will be asked to consider proposals to protect 33 housing sites in green belt areas of the city next week as part of amendments to the Site Allocations Plan. At the meeting at Civic Hall on Tuesday 21 November, councillors will be asked to recommend carrying out public…