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… Read More »Leeds: Deadline for Woodhouse Ridge planning comments draws near
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
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 »Stamp duty abolished for first time buyers for houses under £300,000
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 »Greenbelt campaign group anger at council U-turn over Leeds housing plans
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 »Wakefield’s Eastern Relief Road project nears completion
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
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
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 »Win a hamper for naming Yeadon Care Home
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 »More houses for inner Leeds?