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Councillor Jess Lennox, Leeds City Council’s executive member for housing, at Doris Storey House.
26th September 2025
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New Council Housing Development Honours Leeds Swimming Champion Doris Storey

A new council housing scheme in Seacroft is delivering high-quality affordable homes while also celebrating the legacy of a local sporting hero. The Leeds City Council development on Brooklands Avenue has transformed a former brownfield site into a community of 25 one-bedroom apartments alongside eight two and three-bedroom houses. In a special tribute, the…
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Councillor James Lewis and Councillor Jess Lennox
16th August 2024
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Leeds Celebrates Grand Opening of Community-Focused Housing Scheme for Seniors

Middleton’s Gascoigne House, a highly commended extra care housing scheme, has reached a significant milestone, greatly enhancing the lives of older residents in Leeds. Since opening its doors in October of the previous year, it has provided seniors with the chance to live independently, offering essential on-site support as needed. All 60 apartments at…
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Beechwood Primary School pupils Oliver Doherty, Summer Beetham and Katana Maynard
19th July 2024
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Leeds Schoolchildren Honor Local Swimming Legend Doris with New Council Housing Development

Leeds schoolchildren have contributed to a new council housing project by celebrating a local sports hero with a special tribute. The Brooklands Avenue development in Seacroft, constructed by Wates Construction for Leeds City Council, features a five-story apartment building. In a community engagement effort, students from Beechwood Primary School in Seacroft were invited to…
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Councillor James Lewis, the leader of Leeds City Council, and Councillor Jess Lennox
2nd February 2024
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Building for a bright future as work starts on new council homes

Construction work has started on a scheme that provides further proof of the burgeoning success of Leeds’s Council Housing Growth Programme (CHGP). A total of 88 new homes are being built for Leeds City Council across a number of brownfield sites in Seacroft and the Ambertons area of Gipton. In Seacroft, 25 one-bedroom apartments…
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Middleton Skills Centre
3rd December 2021
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Work begins on £40m new affordable council housing development in Leeds

Work has now started on a £40million council housing development which will see the regeneration of Throstle Recreation Ground and the former Middleton Skills Centre in Leeds. The project off Middleton Park Avenue is one of the largest being undertaken as part of Leeds City Council’s Housing Growth Programme and will be made up…
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