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As you may know, the Golden Beam (Wetherspoons) applied for a variation to their premises licence to allow them to let in Otley Run groups. We opposed this application, you can find our shared objection with Headingley Labour Councillors and Alex Sobel MP here . Today the Licensing Sub-Committee heard all the arguments and unanimously decided to reject the application. We do not have the full decision write-up yet, but we can say that this decision builds on the policy work w

Please share with your friends and family. We hope it's useful. And if you want to add any, let us know: Church Together in Headingley put together the Christmas services of churches in Headingley. We've done some research ourselves and added in more from our ward, from Tinshill down to Meanwood. If you want a carol, family, or Christmas-themed service to go to this year...take your pick! In the meantime, here's a picture of us all dressed as Father Christmas at a St Paul's c

If you have an electric car but live in one of the many terrace properties without a drive then you may be paying quite a bit more to charge your car. We've been lobbying for a simple solution here, and now the council is piloting one: "On 5 December 2025 we launched a 12-month pilot allowing the installation of a cross-footway cable channel that is recessed into the footway. Kerbo Charge is our approved partner for this pilot. You can now apply for a cross-footway EV chargin

As you know, we share regular updates from Eric Wright about the work they're doing on Lawnswood. We think people like just knowing what's going on. They've been so well received we've pushed the council for the same for the wider A660 works (from Headingley down to St Marks Road). They've committed to doing this and they're really useful too. Here's the latest, including dates. We'll share these regularly. "Below is your regular update regarding Phase 2 construction works on

A nice local lead in to Christmas! From 1st December right up to Christmas Eve, windows decorated with a Christmas theme will be lit up for visitors to enjoy – a new one added each evening. Here’s the list of where you can see them (lighting up time 5pm)……

Take a look at our previous post for the details , but as a reminder it's the Santa Dash THIS Sunday - tying into the Kevin Sinfield 7 in 7 challenge. It starts at 2 and our previous post had the road closure timings. It's a 3k dash and the three of us along with MP Alex Sobel will be dressing as Father Christmas to do it. Do say hi if you go! Here's a pic of us with the REAL Father Christmas the Meanwood Lights Switch On.

It's not in our ward but we're sure most of you find yourself on Briggate quite regularly! The council received feedback from pedestrians about the difficulties sharing the space with cyclists (especially delivery riders) and peddlers, so some proposals have been drafted - please do respond to the consultation here .

As usual Eric Wright - the Lawnswood contractors - are providing us with regular updates on the work. Here's the latest. For our role, we're focused on: Tackling speeding and rat running - you may have seen the vans with cameras on local roads recently, we've lobbied for this and there's more of it to come Sharing resident feedback about the scheme with the council and contractors - there has been some really useful stuff Letting you know what's happening Work is likely to st

We had a useful chat with staff at the New Inn in November, followed by a rainy street surgery on Saturday in that area with some of our super friendly local resident volunteers! Following that we felt it'd be useful to share a short Otley Run update. We have successfully had the council's 'Cumulative Impact Assessment' policy for Headingley and Weetwood reviewed and strengthened, making it harder for new venues to join the Otley Run and making it more possible to add further

Between the 21st December and 4th January the bin dates are a bit different. Here's when your collections will be depending on the day of the week it is usually collected: Monday: Sun 21 December and Mon 29 December Tuesday: Mon 22 December and Tues 30 December Wednesday: Tues 23 December and Wed 31 December Thursday: Wed 24 December and Fri 2 January Friday: Sat 27 December and Sat 3 January Saturday: Sun 28 December and Sun 4 January