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As you may know, Bentley Lane Primary has been vacant for some years. The council is obliged to keep hold of old school sites for a set number of years in case a need for it re-arises. This term is now up and the council is looking to sell it. It will go up for auction in December. You can find more info and the link to the site listing on the auctioneer's site here. We’d like to see this very nice site given a new lease of life and redeveloped sensitively. Ultimately of cour

Please note that this is a joint objection from Izaak and Emma. Jools must remain neutral as she is on the relevant Planning committee. Quick summary: We’re objecting because the airport’s application will likely mean more people are disturbed by more night flights. The airport’s modelling shows, for example, that the number of people experiencing 15 or more very loud (60 dB+) noise events on an average night would rise from 600 to 30,400 if the application goes through as it

You might have heard that Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) have put in a planning application to change the way that night flights are regulated. We want as many residents as possible to take a look and comment on the application in full. We’ve provided a brief summary below along with details of how to access it so you can read and comment. Our view as ward councillors is that we don’t want more night disruption than residents currently get, and we’ll assess the application and

Last week we shared the planning documents and an update on the Weetwood Police Station redevelopment plans. There's a lot to read through so we thought it'd be useful to share some of the key details here too. The Planning on this is agreed, the next step is agreement on a Construction Plan before work can start. Weetwood Police Station - depsite the name - is in our neighbouring ward of Adel and Wharfedale. But we hope this is still of interest to you. What will we do? As C