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Elland Road Neighbourhood: Council’s proposals to attract multi-billion investment in new homes and leisure opportunities: Elland Road neighbourhood visualisation

12 Jun 2025

Elland Road Neighbourhood: Council’s proposals to attract multi-billion investment in new homes and leisure opportunities

Leeds City Council has launched a consultation on refreshed planning guidance for the future regeneration of land surrounding the Elland Road football stadium, which could deliver a multi-billion pound boost to the city’s economy including potentially up to 2,000 new homes along with major leisure and commercial opportunities.

Regeneration

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11 Jun 2025

Statement by council leader on central government Spending Review

Leeds City Council’s leader has given his response to the UK Government’s newly-published Spending Review 2025.

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Council Housing Growth Programme is building homes and changing lives: Armley-63

10 Jun 2025

Council Housing Growth Programme is building homes and changing lives

A new report has set out the impressive results being achieved by Leeds’s Council Housing Growth Programme (CHGP) – and the plans that mean the city is perfectly placed to keep building on that success.

Housing

Leeds is on the right road as new minibuses provide vital support service: Minibuses 1

06 Jun 2025

Leeds is on the right road as new minibuses provide vital support service

Leeds City Council has underlined its commitment to fairness and opportunity for all by making some impressive new additions to its fleet of accessible minibuses.

Council services Compassionate city

Plantastic Audrey becomes Tropical World’s new big cheese: Audrey at Tropical World-2

05 Jun 2025

Plantastic Audrey becomes Tropical World’s new big cheese

A gigantic jungle plant which has been growing in Leeds for more than half a century has found the perfect new home after a monster move to Roundhay’s Tropical World.

The huge monstera, popularly known as a cheese plant, has been a resident in a stairwell at Leeds General Infirmary’s medical school since the 1970s, where staff affectionately named her Audrey.

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New Leeds campaign takes stand against all discrimination: Anti-discrimination campaign

03 Jun 2025

New Leeds campaign takes stand against all discrimination

Leeds City Council is launching a new campaign taking a stand against all forms of discrimination.

This comes as the council is preparing a new Stronger Leeds Strategy 2025-30, outlining the council’s commitment to strengthening social cohesion across the city. It includes plans for addressing issues that impact on people’s sense of belonging and celebrating the city’s vibrant diversity.

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