Category: Holbeck

News and events for the Holbeck area

City One: major development site gets go-ahead

Councillors on the City Plans Panel have unanimously approved outline planning permission for the City One scheme in Holbeck at their meeting this afternoon (14 March 2024). The site, which lies on one of the main routes into the city centre from South Leeds and the motorways and includes the

10 year regeneration partnership brings funds to South Leeds

Senior councillors are to discuss Leeds City Council’s exciting new partnership with national, regional and local government to transform six of its neighbourhoods, helping to achieve its regeneration ambitions and deliver inclusive growth. The Leeds Transformational Regeneration Partnership is a 10-year programme of change and investment involving the council, central

South Leeds on track for new mass transit system

Plans for a tram system running through Leeds and Bradford have been set out today (7 March 2024) , with a line to Elland Road and White Rose in the first phase. The proposals were published today ahead of the final Combined Authority meeting of West Yorkshire’s leaders next week

Action taken to stop illegal leisure lets

Action is being taken against illegal short-term leisure lets in apartments across the city centre, including the South Bank and Riverside areas of Holbeck and Hunslet. Cllr Mohammed Iqbal (Labour, Hunslet & Riverside) said: “There has been a significant expansion in unapproved conversions of residential homes in the city centre

New mural celebrates the history of Holbeck’s Tower Works

There’s a stunning new public artwork at the Tower Works development in Holbeck. Artist Zoe Power has created a 300 square meter mural, A Common Thread, which incorporates cogs from factory machines and patterns from woollen weaves, nodding to Leeds’ industrial past and referencing the site’s previous use as a

Holbeck charity awarded help for IT from TalkTalk

Joanna Project, a local charity based in Holbeck that helps women facing complex disadvantages, has been awarded an £800 donation from TalkTalk’s Future Fibre Fund to help purchase new technology for their Support Workers. The connectivity provider’s latest Future Fibre Fund initiative saw a total of £5,000 donated to women-led