Please find below the latest Leeds Council update which may be of interest to you:
Welcome to our regular bulletin with news from across the city. This edition has important updates relating to Connecting Leeds; Housing Leeds’ Annual Report 2023/24 and also their regular monthly update; Compassionate City Awards 2024; Serious Violence Duty consultation and local developments.
Connecting Leeds update
- Reminder: Mass Transit – Have your say on phase one route proposals – The West Yorkshire Combined Authority public consultation into phase one of its proposed mass transit scheme, asking for views on a choice of proposed route options connected St. James’ Hospital with South Leeds and Leeds city centre with Bradford, is still open and will be until 30th September. You can learn more about the proposals and consultation here.
- Plan ahead: Major highways work over the summer holidays – As a reminder, and as mentioned in the last Update, significant disruptive works are being carried out around the Armley Gyratory, Stanningley Bypass (A647), and the Outer Ring Road A6120 Horsforth to Rodley route during the summer holidays. These works are timed to minimise disruption, but road users are being encouraged to plan their journeys in advance.
- Carriageway Resurfacing work – will be starting 12th August, 8pm – 6am Monday to Friday for six weeks. Key routes affected include Hunslet Lane, Hunslet Road, Hunslet Distributor and South Accommodation Road. Full road closures and diversions will be in place during work hours and diversion routes will be signposted.
Housing Leeds Annual Report 2023/24
The Council’s latest Annual Report for Housing Leeds has now been published. You can view the PDF version of the report here or you can view an accessible version on the Council’s website here. Please share it with any relevant groups or partner agencies that you work with so they can see our successes over the year and what we are working on in the coming months. Highlights of the report include:
- Responses to our satisfaction surveys and what we are doing to improve in those areas where tenants have told us we could do better;
- An update on how we have spent over £72m improving homes;
- What we are doing to make homes safer;
- The support we have provided to residents to help with the cost of living; and
- How we continue to work with residents to improve services.
Housing Leeds Update
Housing Leeds send monthly email updates to tenants, sharing key messages about their service and other useful information. A copy of the issue shared on 9th August is available to view here.
Compassionate City Awards 2024
Nominations are now open for this year’s Compassionate City Awards, which recognise the outstanding individuals and organisations who make a difference to their communities by going above and beyond to help make Leeds a special place to live and work. There are nine award categories in all and you can find out more and make a nomination here.
Serious Violence Duty consultation
A consultation has been launched by the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership to understand the views of different communities of the causes of violence and the effect it has on local areas, as well as to capture what people feel should be done locally to prevent and tackle violence. Insights from the consultation will help ensure the needs and voices of the community inform and shape future service delivery. The survey closes on 18th October and can be found here.
Local developments
- Leeds City Council issues joint statement calling for unity and acceptance, which can be found here.
- Olympic heroes are hailed as Leeds plans a champion homecoming. Further information can be found here.
- The Council has earned a place in the Department for Education’s UK top 100 apprenticeship employers 2024. Full details can be found here.
- Leeds housebuilding success shows the way forward for the rest of the country. More information can be found here.
- Household glass collections begin in Leeds. Full details can be found here.
- New library opening hours to come following public consultation. Further information can be found here.
- Leeds and Bradford Councils will co-host a major Anglo-French conference – the UK-France Local Government Forum – in December. More details are here.
- Leeds Kirkgate Market is the real deal for shoppers and businesses. Further information here.
