Councillor Lisa Mulherin

Scheme will see 5.8 million trees planted across the city in the next 25 years. A large-scale new tree planting initiative, which forms part of Leeds’ ambitious programme to make the city…

Leeds City Council laid out ambitious plans to promote active travel. This includes an additional 100km of segregated cycle lanes, temporary widened footways and low traffic neighbourhoods.…

Leeds School Streets pilot scheme launches on Monday, 1 June, with up to six Leeds primary schools taking part. Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School, Pudsey; Ingram Road Primary School,…

A start has been made to a major £5million programme of improvements to town centres and high streets across Leeds. The work on buildings, public realm and highway improvements is part of…

Senior councillors have approved plans to cut the council’s carbon footprint by more than half following the local authority’s climate emergency declaration in March. The new proposals…

New proposals for investments in sustainable transport infrastructure in north west Leeds including a new parkway rail station and park and ride facilities will be discussed by senior…

Leeds City Council is urging residents to share their views on how the city should respond to the climate emergency before the Big Leeds Climate Conversation ends on October 31. By taking…

Roads in Otley, Headingley and Beeston Hill are to be closed to traffic on 22 September as part of celebrations for World Car Free Day. Leeds will join cities from across the world…

Leeds triathlete and double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee MBE has been named as the city’s first Active Travel ambassador. In his new role, Alistair will add his support to…

Construction work to create an extra 550 spaces to Elland Road park and ride has started. The Council’s Connecting Leeds programme is set to create an additional 2,000 park and ride…

Public consultation is now underway on the Tall Buildings Design Guide for Leeds. Designed to advise on buildings that are taller than their neighbours, the guide provides advice on where…

Local businesses, representatives from The Leeds Civic Trust and Executive Member for Climate Change, Transport and Sustainable Development, Councillor Lisa Mulherin marked the completion of…

From September 2019, bus services and stops in Leeds city centre will change as Connecting Leeds starts major works on The Headrow. Leeds City Council’s Connecting Leeds programme is set…

Leeds City Council and the Leeds Climate Commission have kicked off a three-month consultation on climate change at a packed launch event held at the University of Leeds last night. The…

Leeds City Council has issued an update on the progress of the programme to upgrade all street lights in the city to make them more energy-efficient. In December 2018, the council’s…

Senior councillors in Leeds will discuss an update on the plan to transform transport and travel in and around the city at a meeting next week. At the council’s executive board on…

Senior councillors in Leeds are set to approve a recommendation at a meeting next week that the Site Allocations Plan for the city guiding future development is ready to be formally adopted.…

Leeds pupils have taken part in the 2019 Schools Yorkshire Tour this week, a 200-mile cycle relay which aims to encourage more pupils to cycle to school and improve cycle skills.…

Thousands of people across Leeds will be getting their skates on this winter now one of the city’s coolest attractions has returned to Millennium Square. The hugely popular Ice Cube has…

The names of the people, places and organisations shortlisted for the 6th Child Friendly Leeds awards have been revealed. The annual awards ceremony will take place in February this year,…