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A bit of a collected item! Firstly, Weetwood Lane (by Weetwood Court) is partly closed for urgent Yorkshire Water works as we wrote last week . That's annoying but we're glad that YW have finally taken responsibility for it after we lobbied them with residents for some weeks. However, the diversions have not been clear or widespread enough and so Weetwood Court residents have had quite a bit of speeding to deal with. We've asked them to increase signage at more key locations.

We've pasted below the email we received from the Head of Planning earlier today. It relates to what we shared a couple of weeks ago in this newsletter. Do have a read of that for context . In essence, the airport want to avoid a proper and public planning process where all can get involved. They've tried it before and failed. But we have to go through the process. We're pleased that the council is making the decision to do a full call for evidence; we've called for this ours

Do you live near Clayton Wood? It's the wood between Silk Mill Way and the Ring Road. It's beautiful. Well used by dog walkers, there are fascinating ancient remains there, and generally a lovely place to get out and enjoy nature. We've been doing some surveying with archaeologists and we're working with locals to organise litter picks and other ways to celebrate this hidden treasure. Interested? To start with, we've set up a new Facebook group - join it here .

You may have seen the retrospective planning application in respect of Taylor's Sports Bar. If not, you can view it - just search 26/00044/FU on the Public Access website . We wanted to let you know, that as the Weetwood Ward councillors, we have requested that the planning application is sent to Plans Panel. This means the application will be heard in a public meeting and determination will not be made by planning officers. We will attend the public Plans Panel meeting.  We

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