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Leeds: Deadline for Woodhouse Ridge planning comments draws near

26 November 2019
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A CGI image created by Addison Planning showing the proposed development at Woodhouse Ridge. The existing care home can be seen on the left.By Jack… Read More »Leeds: Deadline for Woodhouse Ridge planning comments draws near

Residents campaign to stay in their own homes

20 May 2019
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Leeds working hard to make the city and Yorkshire welcoming for refugees

9 April 2019
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By Finley Crebolder Thousands of people come to the UK every year searching for asylum and refuge, and the country is often criticised for not… Read More »Leeds working hard to make the city and Yorkshire welcoming for refugees

Stamp duty abolished for first time buyers for houses under £300,000

22 November 2017
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By Ian Molyneaux CHANCELLOR OF the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond has today announced stamp duty will be abolished immediately for first-time buyers buying a home of up to £300,000.Read More »

Greenbelt campaign group anger at council U-turn over Leeds housing plans

10 October 2017
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Martin Hughes, Yorkshire Greenspace Alliance chairman, at Strawberry Fields in Horsforth – one of the sites under threat

By Lizzy McEllan GREENBELT CAMPAIGNERS who raised thousands of pounds to hire a barrister are furious after Leeds City Council cancelled public hearings just days before they were due to go ahead.Read More »

Wakefield’s Eastern Relief Road project nears completion

21 March 2017
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The Wakefield Eastern Relief Road will ease the city’s traffic congestion

By Alex Haithwaite WAKEFIELD’S Eastern Relief Road (WERR) is nearing completion and is expected to be open this spring. The new £33m highway will reduce traffic congestion in the city centre and service a 2,500 housing development at the City Fields site.Read More »

Council leader blasts MP for leaving Bradford in no man’s land over green belt housing row

26 October 2016
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By Matthew Brannen A POLITICAL row that has forced the long-term scheme for building 42,000 new homes in the Bradford district to be put on… Read More »Council leader blasts MP for leaving Bradford in no man’s land over green belt housing row

Plans for 14 houses in “flood area” get the go-ahead in Burley-in-Wharfedale

12 October 2016
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By Sam Brooksbank PLANS FOR 14 new homes in a West Yorkshire village have been given the green light despite residents’ fears that the development… Read More »Plans for 14 houses in “flood area” get the go-ahead in Burley-in-Wharfedale

Win a hamper for naming Yeadon Care Home

17 July 2015
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Artists impression of the extra care homes at Yeadon — Artist’s impression of the extra care homes at Yeadon

The council are building new extra care apartments in Yeadon, and they need suggestions for a name. The 45 apartments on Chapel Lane are being built with older people with higher care needs in mind. They are due to completed in 2016.Read More »

More houses for inner Leeds?

10 July 2015
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Sajid Javid, Business Secretary. CC BY 2.0.

by David Mackie House-building will get automatic planning permission on ‘brownfield’ sites it has been announced today, possibly leading the way for more houses in inner Leeds.Read More »