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Another Leeds University assault on our area

n yet another assault on Hyde Park and Woodhouse, the City Centre plans panel this afternoon gave it’s approval to a planning application from Leeds University to relocate the School of Law to a single site at the junction of Moorland Road and Belle Vue Road. It will mean the demolition of the [...]

The views of the parties responsible for this fiasco

These are the views of the parties who were present at the multi agency meetings that took place in May, June and July last year.

Councillor Penny Ewens (chair)
“Where are people without gardens to have barbeques if not on the Moor?”
Councillor Jamie Matthews
“The reports of anti social behaviour have been exaggerated.  If some people had [...]

The Politics of Division

As a result of the barbeque mayhem that began in May last year, instead of enforcing the byelaws, our councillors arranged Multi Agency meetings. These were held on the 16th May, the 18th June, and 17th July 2008. The minutes of these meetings have recently become available and show that they were attended [...]

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s land

In January 2007, a deal was signed between Leeds City Council and Leeds University whereby in exchange for receiving £255,697, Leeds City Council agreed to construct two mini soccer pitches and a MUGA (multi use games area) on Woodhouse Moor.  The person who engineered this deal was Robert Sladdin, Director of Estates at Leeds University. [...]

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