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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People are being asked for their views on the possible introduction of licensing for private sector rented housing in some parts of Leeds. The city’s private rented housing sector has expanded rapidly in recent years, showing how important the market is in meeting housing needs. A lot of effort is put in by the…
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Work is to begin later this month on redeveloping a former a former pub site in east Leeds into new affordable council housing. Leeds City Council has entered into a contract with developers Kier Construction Limited to turn the site of the former Whinmoor pub on Stanks Lane South in Swarcliffe into 22 new…
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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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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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