Proposals

The petition objects to the City Council’s proposals to introduce charges at Wilderness and Station Gardens car parks in Wetherby. Picture: Google/NW

Anger as thousands sign petition against proposed council parking charges

The major development on council-owned land at City Fields was given the go-head despite a plea to reject the scheme. Picture: Google

Plans passed for 250 more houses as meeting told of loss of wildlife

Clothes hanging in shop Picture: Getty

Lib Dems want 1p tax on every new item of clothing

The proposals, brought forward by the Mayor Tracy Brabin, will see 864 new homes built in South Bank. Pictures: NW/WYCA

Plans approved to build 800 new city homes in £10million development

Virgin Media O2 will cut up to 2,000 jobs

Virgin Media O2 to cut more than a tenth of UK workforce

Plans to build 7 detached two storey homes in Bramhope revealed

Millions of patients in England will be able to get prescriptions for seven common conditions, plus the contraceptive pill and more blood pressure checks, directly from pharmacies under new plans to tackle the GP crisis in the UK.

Pharmacies to offer prescriptions for 7 new conditions amid GP crisis

How the old library building will look if its redevelopment as a co-living space is approved. Picture: Local Democracy Reporting Service

City's first co-living space poised for nod despite 'obscene' rents criticism

Pope Francis allows women to vote in bishops’ meeting for first time

landlords may soon be given more power to deal with anti-social tenants

Landlords to be given extra powers to evict ‘anti-social’ tenants

The sculpture would be installed outside the Leeds Building Society offices in Sovereign Street. Picture: Local Democracy Reporting Service

Business wants sculpture made from rubbish outside its city headquarters

129 Cineworld venues face risk of closure

The 129 Cineworld cinemas at risk as chain struggles to find buyer

Full list of places that will see a council tax increase in April 2023

The PCS Union (Credit: Getty Images)

PCS union announce 100,000 members will strike on Budget Day

Leading UK vet calls for outright ban on owning dogs with cropped ears

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month

The proposed site of the new conference centre, close to the First Direct Arena in Leeds.

Leeds and Harrogate officials at loggerheads over conference centre plans

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty Images

Home Secretary plans to crack down on protests with new bill

An artist's impression of the proposed conference centre could look.

How Harrogate objections have halted Leeds conference venue plans – for now

Leeds City Council's Executive Board is due to vote on the plans this week.

How Leeds businesses could get £15,000 off their rates bills under new scheme

Developers Southside Leeds want to put up a hotel next to Bridgwater Place in Holbeck, alongside four new office blocks, which would range from nine to 12 storeys high.

19-storey hotel and offices could be built next to Bridgewater Place

Proposals for 289 houses straddling fields in West Ardsley were debated extensively again on Thursday, as councillors scrutinised the scheme’s layout and design. Picture: Tony Johnson.

West Ardsley 300 homes plan sparks row over Haigh Moor Wood

The property at College Grove Road in Wakefield will have 12 bedrooms let on a short-term lease.

'The area is becoming a slum': Residents hit out at multiple occupancy plans

Proposals are in the earliest of stages and public opinion is being sought through a consultation to explore the possibility of setting up an adult learning campus in Morley.

Adult learning centre hailed as hub of innovation under ambitious Morley plans

Documents submitted to the council show the site in Holbeck, which is bounded by Sweet Street and Meadow Road, is subject to a pre-application – an early form of plans – for a number towers up to 42 storeys high.

Plans for 42-storey flats and office buildings in Holbeck

Designs to show what the new development will look like.

Plans to transform former warehouse site into apartments, offices and shops

Sweet Street and The Commercial Pub

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Early plans for 1,200 new flats on Sweet Street in Leeds

Wetherby High School

Photo: Steve Race

One of oldest high schools in Leeds to be rebuilt after £25m scheme approved

Wetherby High School

£25m plan for rebuild of Leeds school ‘beyond economic repair’

People from outside Leeds could be charged to go to Kirkstall Abbey from next year.

People living outside Leeds to be charged £8 to enter popular museum

The government has awarded the Abbey MAT Trust £5m to make its school buildings and culture more sustainable and solar panels is one of the measures being introduced.

Leeds based academy trust awarded a £5m grant to reduce carbon emissions

An artist impression of the plans. (Pic: Capitol)

D-day for Morley industrial estate plans

CK Hutchison Networks (UK) Ltd wanted to site the mast andcabinetson a grass vergeat the junction of Fairburn Drive and Woodlands Drive next to East Garforth rail station.
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Plans to erect 'eyesore' 5G phone mast in Garforth refused

The proposals will see City Square closed to general traffic

Public to have say on £9.5m plans to develop and pedestrianise Leeds City Square

The council has been considering a trial on part of the A65 Kirkstall Road that would allow motorcyclists to use bus lanes. Picture: Google

Potential bus lane access for motorcyclists sparks debate

The preferred location of the potential new Park and Ride is at Whinmoor Grange.

Leeds A64 Park and Ride plans under consideration

Households warned they will need up to 7 bins each as part of major rubbish coll...

The grocery firm said it also plans to create around 4,500 jobs in its online operations this year and will look to hire staff affected by the restructuring.

Around 3,000 back office store jobs at risk at Leeds-based Asda as part of restr...

Many supermarkets are encouraging card payments (Photo: Shutterstock)

Latest rules on cash payments at UK supermarkets - including Asda, Tesco and Sai...

Kelepi Tanginoa, in possession, had an outstanding year for Trinity. Picture by James Hardisty.

Wakefield Trinity review - 5 positives from 2020

Plans to increase Leeds council tax by almost two per cent will be heard in early budget proposals while 914 staff jobs are also at risk.

Leeds Council announces plans to cut 914 jobs as council tax set to rise 1.99%

Leeds Council has committed to providing free school meals for eligible children across the city over the Christmas break and February half-term.

Council to provide free school meals during Christmas and February holidays