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.

 

The way the public can contact the Neighbourhood Police Team at West Yorkshire Police is changing.

From Monday the 16^th of June public contacts / requests for the NPT for anything that is not an emergency or urgent should follow this link:

https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/my-neighbourhood/contact-your-local-neighbourhood-policing-team

For emergency or urgent issues please call 999 or 101.

The above link will triage the request, send it to the relevant NPT with the vision that the person making contact will have a reply within 72 hours.

Action Fraud is urging people to look out for rogue QR codes, after 784 reports of ‘quishing’ were made to Action Fraud between April 2024 and April 2025, with almost £3.5 million lost. A new alert has been issued by Action Fraud, warning about quishing, a form of phishing where a fraudulent QR code is scanned, designed to steal personal and financial information. The warning encourages people to stay vigilant and double check QR codes to see if they are malicious, or have been tampered with, before scanning them online or in public spaces. Claire Webb, Acting Director of Action Fraud, said:  “QR codes are becoming increasingly common in everyday life, whether it’s scanning one to pay for parking, or receiving an email asking to verify an online account. However, reporting shows cyber criminals are increasingly using quishing as a way to trick the public out of their personal and financial information. “We’re urging people to stop and check before scanning QR codes, to avoid becoming a victim of quishing. Look out for QR codes that may have been tampered with in open spaces, or emails and texts that might include rogue codes. If you’re in doubt, contact the organisation directly. You can follow our advice on quishing, on our website at www.actionfraud.police.uk to help protect yourself.” Action Fraud can reveal that quishing happens most frequently in car parks, with criminals using stickers to tamper with QR codes on parking machines. Quishing also occurred on online shopping platforms, where sellers received a QR code via email to either verify accounts or to receive payment for sold items.   Reports also showed phishing attacks were taking place impersonating HMRC, or other UK government schemes, targeting people with QR codes designed to steal personal and financial details. What can you do avoid being a victim of quishing? ·  QR codes used in pubs or restaurants are usually safe to scan. ·  Scanning QR codes in open spaces (like stations and car parks) might pose a greater risk. Check for signs that codes may have been tampered with (usually by a sticker placed over the legitimate QR code). If in doubt, do not scan them: use a search engine to find the official website or app for the organisation you need to make a payment to. ·  If you receive an email with a QR code in it, and you’re asked to scan it, you should be cautious due to an increase in these types of ‘quishing’ attacks. ·  Finally, we recommend that you use the QR-scanner that comes with your phone, rather than using an app downloaded from an app store. If you receive a suspicious email, report it by forwarding it to phishing@report.gov.uk Find out how to protect yourself from fraud: https://stopthinkfraud.campaign.gov.uk If you’ve been a victim of fraud, report it at www.actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040. In Scotland, contact Police Scotland on 101.

Please find attached the latest details of the Iron Man Event being held in Leeds on 27th July 2025, including road closure information for the cycling and running parts of the event and information for carers re access during the road closures.

IM LEEDS Bike Course Closure Leaflet

IM LEEDS Run Course Closure Leaflet

IMLEE Carer Info Sheet 2025

Do you have unwanted or expired medicines?

It’s important to dispose of medication properly to avoid it causing harm if it gets into to the water system or the environment. You can take your medicines, and in particular antibiotics, that are past their expiry date, or are no longer required, to your local pharmacy to be disposed of safely.

Please find below notice received today of the temporary closure of Hall Rise for duct laying work on 16^th and 17^th July.

If you click on the link below you can see the details.

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1)

LEEDS CITY COUNCIL (HALL RISE, BRAMHOPE,  LEEDS)

(TEMPORARY TRAFFIC) ORDER 2025

Please see Notice published in respect of the above at https://one.network/?tm=143568722

All communications with regard to this Notice should be addressed to streetworks.coordin@leeds.gov.uk. Ref: ECN2500470 or site contact Sam Denton Telephone Number: Contact number – 44 7483148886.