Beeston

Housing Leeds
26th September 2024
2 mins read

Public Feedback Sought on Potential Licensing for Private Rental Housing in Leeds

Residents of Leeds are invited to participate in discussions regarding a proposed new licensing system for privately rented housing. Initiated by Leeds City Council, this follows the introduction of ‘Selective Licensing’ in Beeston and Harehills in 2020, which was aimed at improving the quality of rental homes and addressing social and health disparities within…
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In Our Shoes
21st July 2023
5 mins read

New report highlights work ongoing in Leeds to address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people’s health and wellbeing

A new report shows how health partners, families and organisations in Leeds are working together to address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children and young people’s health and wellbeing. The ‘In Our Shoes’ report by Leeds City Council’s director of public health Victoria Eaton looks in detail at the impact of the…
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Breeze In The Park
21st July 2023
1 min read

Park playtime fun is a Breeze for kids in Leeds this summer

Leeds’s annual Breeze In The Park entertainment programme is set to put sunny smiles on the faces of young people across the city once again this summer. Leeds City Council’s roadshow-style extravaganza will see a total of 29 interactive play events for children and teenagers taking place in parks and green spaces over the…
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Family children tree
27th January 2023
1 min read

First community trees planted for Armley Gyratory highways scheme

Work has started to plant the first of over 600 trees in the local community as part the Armley Gyratory highways scheme. A total of 21 fruit trees were planted in Brickfield Park, next to the Lady Pit Lane allotments by volunteers, councillors and organised by Leeds City Council’s parks and countryside rangers. This…
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Hyde park edit active travel neighbourhood
13th November 2020
2 mins read

First ‘Active Travel Neighbourhood’ pilots across Leeds

Leeds City Council has unveiled its first trial active travel neighbourhoods with a range of measures that have been designed to make these residential areas of the city much more child, pedestrian and cycle friendly. This month will see active travel neighbourhoods (also known as ‘low traffic neighbourhoods’) introduced initially in Hyde Park and…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
6th March 2017
2 mins read

Approval given for new council houses on former east Leeds pub site

A former pub site in east Leeds is to be redeveloped into new affordable council housing after planning approval was granted today. Leeds City Council approved the proposal to develop the site of the former Whinmoor pub on Stanks Lane South in Swarcliffe into 22 new two-bedroom semi-detached houses. The development is part of…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
19th December 2016
1 min read

Beeston resident guilty of fly-tipping hit with three-month curfew

A resident of Beeston has been hit with a three-month curfew and a financial penalty after pleading guilty to a number of fly-tipping offences. Mr Yadson Barroso of Westbourne Avenue was ordered to pay £200 towards costs and a surcharge of £60 at Leeds Magistrates Court after pleading guilty this month to four offences…
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