Thanks to all residents who attended the Parish Council’s meeting held on 20th August at the Village Hall.

Apologies to those who we had to turn away due to the venue being at capacity.

The documents below are the slides from the meeting, a comprehensive document which includes information about all the sites and a document which contains relevant information about bio-diversity issues which will help with your comments.

The Parish Council will be agreeing its own comment at a meeting of Full Council on 27th August and will publish it on the Parish Council website shortly afterwards for information.

The Parish Council recommends that individuals make their own comments and include any additional local knowledge that you may have regarding suitability issues of the suggested sites. The Parish Council’s comment, which has now been submitted to Leeds City Council can be found on the bottom link below.

Site allocations Bramhope 2024 – 2042 Summary

Presentation call for sites Meeting 20 August 2025 – 20 08 25 Final

Biodiversity and site allocations final version 20 08 25

BCPC response to Leeds Local Plan Consultation Sept 2025

The major improvement scheme at Lawnswood roundabout is planned to start from 11 August. The works will mean traffic delays in this location for around 12 months.

Further details can be found here.

West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) would like to invite you to the West Yorkshire Vision Zero event on Wednesday 14 August, from 10am to 4pm at Millennium Square, Leeds (LS2 3AD).

This free public event brings together partners from across West Yorkshire who are working to eliminate road deaths and serious injuries. Following last year’s successful event in Bradford, this year’s programme will include:

• Emergency service vehicles on display
• Interactive stalls for both children and adults
• Opportunities to speak with engagement teams about road safety, policing and the Local Transport Plan.

Staff from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and other Vision Zero partners will be available throughout the day to hear your views and answer questions.

Further details are available on the WYCA event webpage.

Sent on behalf of Vincent Hodder, CEO, Leeds Bradford Airport

I’m delighted to announce the next events in our series of community focussed engagement sessions for Leeds Bradford Airport. We’ve called the sessions LBA Community; where it is my hope we can work together with our locality to be a sustainable business and good neighbour.

We’d like to invite the local community in Bramhope to join us from 18:00 on Monday 11 August, to hear about our future plans for the airport, update them on our recent endeavours, explain how we are working to reduce the impact of our operations and listen to thoughts and ideas on how we can work as a productive part of our local community.

The evening will run as follows:

• 18:00 – 18:30 Sign in, mingle, network and view displays
• 18:30 – 19:30 Presentation from Leeds Bradford Airport
• 19:30 – 20:00 Questions from our audience for Vincent Hodder, CEO
• 20:00 – 20:30 Closing Remarks and Next Steps.

Other locations later in the year will include:

• Menston
• Kirkstall
• Guiseley
• Cookridge

All our LBA Community sessions will be held in local event spaces; returning revenue into our communities is an important element of ensuring we maintain our social licence.

Please click here to register for Bramhope: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lba-community-a-sustainable-business-and-good-neighbour-tickets-1460620458109

The evening will be hosted by myself and our Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Joselyn Rankin and I will also have a number of colleagues on hand should you wish to discuss any particular topics in more detail.

We’re really looking forward to seeing you there.

Yours sincerely,

Vincent Hodder

Chief Executive Officer

Leeds Bradford Airport

On Sunday 20^th July works will be undertaken to remove a large number of diseased trees from the grounds of Rawdon Crematorium on the A65 Rawdon Road

In order to carry out the work safely the road will need to be closed outside of the crematorium from 1700 on the Sunday– to 0500 on the Monday 21^st July.

Access to residents will be maintained

A signed diversion will be in place to direct westbound traffic ( those travelling towards Rawdon/Guiseley etc) from the A65 Horsforth roundabout down towards Rodley on the Ring Road A6120 – into Calverley along the A657 to the Harrogate Road/New Line junction in Bradford – A658 Harrogate Road/ Apperley Lane

Those travelling in the opposite direction ( Leeds /Horsforth bound) will have signs to pick them up at the JCT600/Green Lane Roundabout and will follow the reverse of the above

The Parish Council has received the information below from Leeds City Council in relation to the Leeds Local Plan 2022 – 20243 Consultation, which is now open for comment. The consultation closes on 15th September 2025. This is your opportunity to comment on proposed sites for future development in Bramhope & Carlton.

The Parish Council will be holding a briefing event in early August – full details to be published shortly.

The City Council has published the Leeds Local Plan: A Planning Framework for Development (2022–2042) – Issues and Options Document (Regulation 18) for public consultation. This Local Plan document outlines the Council’s proposed approach to planning policy and future development across the Leeds district up to 2042.

The consultation period runs from Monday 7th July to Monday 15th September 2025.

Topics Covered

The consultation addresses a wide range of key planning issues, including:

• Distributing Development
• Housing and Affordable Housing
• Economic Development & Employment
• City, Town and Local Centres
• Minerals and Waste
• Transport and Connectivity
• Landscape and Rural Development
• Placemaking
• Carbon Reduction
• Flood Risk
• The Environment
• Supporting the Delivery of the Plan

How to Get Involved

Leeds City Council are keen to hear from communities across the Leeds district to help shape a Local Plan that reflects the needs of all residents.  Residents can view all consultation materials and submit comments via the dedicated consultation platform: Have Your Say today-Leeds Local Plan

Leeds City Council are holding a number of in person briefing events during July and August. Those most local to Bramhope are:

Otley Courthouse : Thursday 17th July – 3-7pm

Guiseley Methodist Hall: Tuesday 29th July- 3-7pm

Moor Allerton Community Hub: Tuesday 12th August-11am-3pm

Headingley Library/Hub: Monday 11th August -11am-3pm

A full list of events can be found on the Leeds City Council website

  You can have your say in the following ways:

• using the online response form through the website www.leeds.gov.uk/llp;
• emailing: leedslocalplan@leeds.gov.uk; or
• writing to: Leeds Local Plan Consultation, Policy & Plans Group, Merrion House, 9^th Floor East, 110 Merrion Centre, Leeds, LS2 8BB.

Additional Information

Further details, including how to submit comments and where to access documents, are provided in the enclosed  Statement of Representation Procedure  

The consultation will be carried out in accordance with the Statement of Community Involvement.

 Next Steps 

Unless you request otherwise, anyone who makes a representation on the consultation will be notified by LCC of future stages of the Local Plan process, including further public consultations. Please note that, in line with statutory requirements, all representations will be made publicly available, including publication on the Council’s website.

If you require information in an alternative format or language, please contact Leeds City Council on 0113 37 87993 or write to us at – leedslocalplan@leeds.gov.uk

Further details can be found in the Leeds Local Plan Statement of Representation

and www.leeds.gov.uk/localplan

 

 

 

Hundreds of new houses in Bramhope?

Commercial development in Carlton?

Have your say – Public consultation

Monday 7^th July to Monday 15^th September 2025

As part of the Leeds Local Plan Leeds City Council needs to allocate land for housing, commercial/industrial development and other uses for development up until 2042.

The Call for sites

In 2013 via a ‘call for sites’ over 600 sites were suggested in the Leeds Area for housing or commercial/industrial development. Leeds will not need anywhere near the number of sites suggested. However, Leeds City Council are legally required to consult on all the suggested sites even if they are assessed to be highly unsuitable for development e.g. most of the site contains Ancient Woodland or a site of Special Scientific interest.

The Bramhope Housing Proposals

Developers and landowners have submitted eight sites in Bramhope’s Green Belt to be considered for housing. There were no submissions for commercial/industrial use in Bramhope.

The sites are shown below with LCC’s initial rough estimation of housing numbers and a colour coding based on initial site assessment scores.

• Land to the west of Moor Road, 2 sites, 139 houses & 34 houses
• Land at Breary Grange Farm, 988 houses
• Land off Old Lane, Hilton Grange, 56 houses
• Land north of Churchgate, Church Hill & Old Manor Farmhouse, 2 sites,

150 houses & 261 houses

• Land to the east of Moor Road & south of Parklands, 87 houses
• Land to the southeast of Spring Wood Crescent, 48 houses

Sites coded yellow are more likely to be used for housing than those coded amber.  Throughout Leeds area some of the sites coded yellow will need to be allocated for housing.  Development on land currently located in the Leeds Green Belt cannot be ruled out.  Additionally, developers and landowners could also withdraw their proposed sites.

Land allocation will be determined by detailed site assessments. However, site assessment scores and colour coding could also change due to the responses from public consultation.

Commercial/Industrial sites in Carlton

Most sites are located next to or very near to the airport.

One other proposed site is the land to the east of Cemetery Road & north of Coney Park (between Harrogate Road A658 and Cemetery Road) currently used as a heliport. The site is in the Green Belt and coded yellow

No sites were suggested for housing in Carlton.

Leeds City Council are asking residents to comment on the sites and will use the information from the public consultation to draw up a list of preferred sites ready for the next stage of public consultation in 2026. The impact on school capacity and infrastructure will be assessed at this stage.

Further details of how you can do this can be found in the attached document

Leeds Local Plan – Have Your Say updated 21 07 25

The parish council are planning to hold a public event to share details of the consultation and assist with any questions or help that residents may need before they can submit their comments. Details of the date, time and venue to be shared shortly.

The Parish Council will keep Bramhope residents informed of the next stage of public consultation and any other relevant or related issues.

 

We have been notified that the 940 bus service which runs between Otley-Pool-Holt Park will change from Sunday 20th July.

On weekdays, the 1605 journey from Otley will be retimed 15 minutes later.

This service is operated by Connections

Below are details of the road closures that will take place on 6th July in order to facilitate the holding of the Eccup 10 mile road race event.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Leeds City Council, as traffic authority for the Leeds Metropolitan District, has made the above Order, prohibiting the use of certain roads by vehicles to facilitate the holding of the Eccup 10 Mile Race on Sunday 6 July 2025.(‘the Event’).

 

The roads to be closed are set out in the Schedule hereto and the closure will be in force between 10.00 and 13.30hrs on Sunday 6 July 2025.

 

Where necessary, signed local diversions will be in operation.

 

The prohibitions will not apply to vehicles being used in connection with the Event (including those used for stewarding, crowd management and traffic management purposes), or to anything undertaken on the direction of or with the permission of a police constable in uniform or a traffic marshal, or any other official so authorised in the control and operation of the Event, or in accordance with any sign placed by West Yorkshire Police. Emergency access will be maintained for the Police, Fire Brigade and Ambulance purposes and for organisations responsible for dealing with the loss of supplies of gas, electricity, water or electronic communications, to premises in the area and for the removal of any obstruction to traffic.

 

Access for pedestrians will be maintained to all premises situated on or adjacent to any road or part of road to be closed, including other premises accessible for pedestrians from and only from such a road.

SCHEDULE – ROAD CLOSURES

 

NAME OF ROAD	LENGTH OF ROAD
Long Causeway	From its junction with Wayland Drive to its junction with Stairfoot Lane (for a short period at the start of the race only).
Back Church Lane	The Whole (except for access to Headingley Golf Club from Long Causeway).
Church Lane	From its junction with Back Church Lane to its junction with Eccup Lane.
Eccup Lane	From its junction with Church Lane to its junction with Black Hill Lane.
Arthington Road	From its junction with Eccup Lane to its junction with Black Hill Lane.
Black Hill Lane	The Whole.
King Lane	From its junction with Arthington Road to its junction with Alwoodley Lane.
Alwoodley Lane	East-bound lane only; from its junction with King Lane to its junction with Goodrick Lane (Two-way traffic flow will be maintained along this length).
Village Road	The Whole.
Blacksmith Lane	The Whole.
Eccup Moor Road	The Whole.