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Connecting Leeds recently sent a Meanwood project update letter to households in the Grove Lane / Monk Bridges area with several proposals for consultation, including the new pedestrian crossing on Grove Lane which we campaigned for. The letter also proposed closing Grove Road to vehicles between Grove Lane and Monkbridge Road. This idea came from local residents who worked with Highways, as part of earlier responses about rat-running and road safety, but it came as a surpri

Yorkshire Water have taken responsibility for fixing the leak on Weetwood Lane after weeks of very tenacious residents taking them to ask, thank you! Unfortunately it does mean a very inconvenient road closure. We are chasing for more details but wanted to give a heads up: “I am writing to inform you that Yorkshire Water will be carrying out urgent repairs to a water leak on Weetwood Lane, between Weetwood Crescent and Weetwood Mill Lane.   To undertake the works safely, a fu

There will be two public engagement events about flood risk from the Meanwood Beck. The events will be held at The Meanwood Institute (94 Green Rd, Meanwood, Leeds LS6 4LD) between 4pm-6:15pm: Thursday 5th March Thursday 12th March The events will be in a drop in format with the council team and partners to speak to residents about Property Flood Resilience, Surface Water Flood Risk and Natural Flood Management. We've spoken to the team having lobbied for some time for more s

Otley Run We've helped arrange for additional anti-social behaviour officers every Saturday afternoon for the next few months to tackle unacceptable behaviour such as public urination. More news on our work to tackle the Otley Run coming soon. Ireland Wood, Cookridge, Lawnswood As you probably know, we hold regular meetings with our neighbourhood police team and residents. Last night was the meeting for north of the ring road in Weetwood ward. Tonight is the meeting for south

We're usually focused on ward news in this newsletter. Crime updates, work we're doing to tackle the Otley Run, news about local transport, local events, how we can help with potholes - whatever it is we want to be on top of it! But we do have a city wide role too. Today, we're passing the Leeds City Council budget. We thought we'd share a bit of an explainer and give you a sense of what our priorities are. Because the super local, short term stuff is important - but so is al

Run for All have shared with us a briefing about the marathon and half this year, to take place on the 10th of May. As they say, “The Leeds Marathon and Leeds Half Marathon over the past 3 years has seen the city come together collectively to support a number of truly great causes. Opening the doors to mass participation, the marathon demonstrates the power of friendship and what is possible when running with friends. The city has come out in force for the past 3 years lining

Some people have asked us when the works on the A660 by the Arndale Centre and further down onto Headingley Lane will be done. Here's the latest we've had on that: " I can confirm that we are still scheduled for a Spring 2026 finish (in regard to Sections 1, 2 and 5 of the works) and the current programme has the contractor completing all works at the start of April. Please note that this is a projected finish date, and unforeseen complications (such as ground conditions, wea

Leeds Bradford airport has submitted a new CLEUD application (Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development) to Leeds City Council. This relates to the operation of night movements (flights) at the airport following discussions. The airport had previously said it would submit a section 73 planning application which could look at many aspects of the airports operation. See our article about this at the time . However, based on the decision taken by the Planning Inspectora

StreetLink  is a website service for England and Wales which empowers everyone to help tackle rough sleeping. It allows members of the public to send alerts to local outreach teams when they see someone sleeping rough, so support can reach them quickly. Delivered by Home Connections, StreetLink  has created short educational videos. These guides explain how to provide accurate descriptions of the person and their location, enabling outreach teams to respond quickly especially

Thanks to everyone who emailed us with their thoughts on the premises licence application at the old chippy . The consensus view was the same as our own - good to have a new business occupy the space, but let's make sure it doesn't negatively affect the area. Thanks also to the residents of the area around the site who took the time to chat to us about this and other issues at their door on Saturday. Here's our submission to Licensing in full, jointly with Alex Sobel MP: We