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Leeds: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

Read on 25 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

Council plan · Budget · Meeting papers · Councillors · Register of interests · Consultations

Housing

Leeds' adopted Core Strategy (as reviewed in 2019) plans for 51,952 net new homes between 2017 and 2033, a target of 3,247 a year.

“The provision of 51,952 (net) new dwellings will be accommodated between 2017 and 2033, with a target that 3,247 dwellings per year should be delivered.”

Leeds City Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. Spatial Policy 6, Core Strategy Selective Review policies as adopted September 2019. Verified with curl + pdftotext.

Transport

The final phase of £10.4 million A660 highways works (Hyde Park Corner to Spenceley Street) started on 22 June 2026 and runs until spring 2027.

“Leeds City Council, alongside partners the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, will start to undertake the remaining phase of the £10.4million major works on the A660 from today, 22 June until spring 2027.”

Leeds City Council, 22 June 2026. Read 25 September 2026. Includes Cliff Road becoming one-way southbound and turning bans at Rampart Road and Clarendon Road. Council transport consultations are hosted on https://leedstransport.commonplace.is (third-party platform, not read).

Council tax

Band D set by Leeds for 2026–27: £1,903.74 of a £2,283.73 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

Full Council approved the 2026/27 budget on 25 February 2026: the Leeds element of council tax rises by 2.99% plus a 2% adult social care precept (4.99% in total).

“This means that the Leeds element of council tax for 2026/27 will increase by 2.99% plus the Adult Social Care precept of 2.00% compared with 2025/26.”

Leeds City Council, 25 February 2026. Read 25 September 2026. From the RESOLVED text of minute 85, Full Council minutes 25 February 2026 (budget motion: YES 56, NO 0 recorded). Band D £2,271.51 shown at https://www.leeds.gov.uk/council-tax/bands-and-charges (2026/27; includes other precepts). Verified with curl + pdftotext.

Environment

The council says it is committed to making Leeds carbon neutral by 2030.

“We are committed to making Leeds carbon neutral by 2030.”

Leeds City Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. No page date shown. Verified with curl.

Education

The governing bodies of Yeadon Westfield Infant and Junior Schools proposed joining them into one primary school from 1 September 2026. The council's page does not say whether its Executive Board approved it.

“This proposed alteration is part of a joint proposal from the governing bodies of Yeadon Westfield Infant and Junior Schools to amalgamate the two schools into Yeadon Westfield Primary School (3-11 years) from 1 September 2026.”

Leeds City Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. Listed under 'Have your say on current proposals' at https://www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/planning-school-places. The proposed date (1 September 2026) has passed and the page does not say whether it was approved; check before publishing. The same page also lists a Rothwell Victoria Junior School proposal dated September 2025.

What Leeds is deciding

Every item on the agendas of Full Council and the Cabinet, as the council titled it, from about six months back to three months ahead. Left out: section headings, procedural items (apologies, minutes, declarations of interest, announcements, questions, appointments), anything about councillors’ attendance or allowances (which this site does not show), and private items the council itself withholds. Motions are shown with whoever the council’s agenda says proposed them; a councillor’s party is from Open Council Data.

Coming up

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Recently

Wed, 9 September 2026 · Full Council
- Recommendations of the General Purposes Committee - Community Governance Review of Horsforth Town Council
- Report on Community Committees
- Report on Corporate Governance and Audit committee
- Motion White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor Lamb) - Planning — from Cllr Lamb (Conservative and Unionist)
- Motion *White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor Lay) - Car Parking Charges — from Cllr Lay (Liberal Democrats)
- Motion White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor Farley) - Council Housing — from Cllr Farley (Labour Party)
- Report on start time of Council Meetings
- Motion White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor White) - Unauthorised Encampments — from Cllr White (Reform UK)
- LATE ITEM - RECOMMENDATIONS OF GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE - Amendments to the Constitution – National Scheme of Delegation
- LATE ITEM - RECOMMENDATIONS OF GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE - Independent person
Wed, 15 July 2026 · Full Council
- Executive Arrangements
- Report on Scrutiny Annual Report
- Motion White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor Lamb) - Children and Families — from Cllr Lamb (Conservative and Unionist)
- Motion White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor M Ali) - Knife Crime — from Cllr M Ali (Green Party (E&W))
- Motion *White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor Golton) -Parking — from Cllr Golton (Liberal Democrats)
- Motion White Paper Motion (in the name of Councillor Carlill) - Potholes — from Cllr Carlill (Labour Party)
- LATE ITEM - RECOMMENDATIONS OF GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE - Amendments to Constitution
Wed, 20 May 2026 · Full Council · Annual Council Meeting
- Establishment of Committees and Appointments
- Scheme of Delegation (Council Functions)
- Executive Arrangements
- LATE ITEM - Recommendations of General Purposes Committee - 18th May 2026

From the council’s own meeting papers (Modern.gov), read 25 September 2026. Refreshed weekly. Results of motions are in each meeting’s minutes, linked from the date.

Who runs the council

99 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 48, Conservative and Unionist 14, Green Party (E&W) 11, Reform UK 10, Liberal Democrats 6, Garforth and Swillington Independents Party 3, Social Democratic Party 3, Morley Borough Independents 3, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

Elections here now: Calverley & Farsley ward (22 October 2026).

All 99 councillors, by ward

Billy Flynn (Conservative and Unionist) — Adel & Wharfedale
David Stoddart-Scott (Conservative and Unionist) — Adel & Wharfedale
Lee Farmer (Conservative and Unionist) — Adel & Wharfedale
Dan Cohen (Conservative and Unionist) — Alwoodley
Lyn Buckley (Conservative and Unionist) — Alwoodley
Neil Buckley (Conservative and Unionist) — Alwoodley
Karen Bruce (Labour Party) — Ardsley & Robin Hood
Robert Jagger (Reform UK) — Ardsley & Robin Hood
Stephen Holroyd (Labour Party) — Ardsley & Robin Hood
Andy Parnham (Labour Party) — Armley
Clancy Walker (Green Party (E&W)) — Armley
Lou Cunningham (Green Party (E&W)) — Armley
Andrew Scopes (Labour Party) — Beeston & Holbeck
Matt Rogan (Green Party (E&W)) — Beeston & Holbeck
Shaf Ali (Labour Party) — Beeston & Holbeck
Adele Rae (Labour Party) — Bramley & Stanningley
Kevin Ritchie (Labour Party) — Bramley & Stanningley
Tom Hinchcliffe (Labour Party) — Bramley & Stanningley
Asghar Khan (Labour Party) — Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
Luke Farley (Labour Party) — Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
Nkele Manaka (Labour Party) — Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
Andrew Carter (Conservative and Unionist) — Calverley & Farsley
Craig Timmins (Labour Party) — Calverley & Farsley
Peter Carlill (Labour Party) — Calverley & Farsley
Cristiana Mirosanu (Green Party (E&W)) — Chapel Allerton
Jane Dowson (Labour Party) — Chapel Allerton
Mohammed Rafique (Labour Party) — Chapel Allerton
James Gibson (Labour Party) — Cross Gates & Whinmoor
Jessica Lennox (Labour Party) — Cross Gates & Whinmoor
Paula-Jane Thackray (Reform UK) — Cross Gates & Whinmoor
Adrian McCluskey (Labour Party) — Farnley & Wortley
Kate Haigh (Labour Party) — Farnley & Wortley
Wenzdae Robbins (Reform UK) — Farnley & Wortley
Mark Dobson (Garforth and Swillington Independents Party) — Garforth & Swillington
Sarah Field (Garforth and Swillington Independents Party) — Garforth & Swillington
Suzanne McCormack (Garforth and Swillington Independents Party) — Garforth & Swillington
Asghar Ali (Labour Party) — Gipton & Harehills
Mothin Ali (Green Party (E&W)) — Gipton & Harehills
Salma Arif (Labour Party) — Gipton & Harehills
Eleanor Thomson (Labour Party) — Guiseley & Rawdon
Oliver Edwards (Labour Party) — Guiseley & Rawdon
Sonia Leighton (Labour Party) — Guiseley & Rawdon
Angela Wallis (Conservative and Unionist) — Harewood
Ryan Stephenson (Conservative and Unionist) — Harewood
Sam Firth (Conservative and Unionist) — Harewood
Abdul Hannan (Labour Party) — Headingley & Hyde Park
Nilesh Chohan (Green Party (E&W)) — Headingley & Hyde Park
Tim Goodall (Green Party (E&W)) — Headingley & Hyde Park
Emmie Bromley (Labour Party) — Horsforth
John Garvani (Labour Party) — Horsforth
Raymond Jones (Labour Party) — Horsforth
Ed Carlisle (Green Party (E&W)) — Hunslet & Riverside
Mohammed Iqbal (Labour Party) — Hunslet & Riverside
Paul Wray (Labour Party) — Hunslet & Riverside
David Dresser (Reform UK) — Killingbeck & Seacroft
David Jenkins (Labour Party) — Killingbeck & Seacroft
Katie Dye (Labour Party) — Killingbeck & Seacroft
James Lewis (Labour Party) — Kippax & Methley
Mary Harland (Labour Party) — Kippax & Methley
Michael Millar (Labour Party) — Kippax & Methley
Andy Rontree (Labour Party) — Kirkstall
Fiona Venner (Labour Party) — Kirkstall
Joe Ingham (Green Party (E&W)) — Kirkstall
Abigail Katung (Independent / Other) — Little London & Woodhouse
Eden Hills (Green Party (E&W)) — Little London & Woodhouse
Javaid Akhtar (Labour Party) — Little London & Woodhouse
Emma Pogson-Golden (Social Democratic Party) — Middleton Park
Rob Chesterfield (Social Democratic Party) — Middleton Park
Wayne Dixon (Social Democratic Party) — Middleton Park
Laura Fisher (Labour Party) — Moortown
Mohammed Shahzad (Labour Party) — Moortown
Sharon Hamilton (Labour Party) — Moortown
Jon Graves (Reform UK) — Morley North
Simon Brown (Morley Borough Independents) — Morley North
Terry Grayshon (Morley Borough Independents) — Morley North
Jane Senior (Morley Borough Independents) — Morley South
Michael Burnham (Reform UK) — Morley South
Ryan Taylor (Reform UK) — Morley South
Colin Campbell (Liberal Democrats) — Otley & Yeadon
Ryk Downes (Liberal Democrats) — Otley & Yeadon
Sandy Lay (Liberal Democrats) — Otley & Yeadon
Dawn Seary (Conservative and Unionist) — Pudsey
Simon Seary (Conservative and Unionist) — Pudsey
Trish Smith (Reform UK) — Pudsey
Conrad Hart-Brooke (Liberal Democrats) — Rothwell
Diane Chapman (Liberal Democrats) — Rothwell
Stewart Golton (Liberal Democrats) — Rothwell
Jordan Bowden (Labour Party) — Roundhay
Kathleen Johnstone (Labour Party) — Roundhay
Lisa Martin (Labour Party) — Roundhay
Helen Hayden (Labour Party) — Temple Newsam
Kieran White (Reform UK) — Temple Newsam
Richard Barker (Reform UK) — Temple Newsam
Emma Flint (Labour Party) — Weetwood
Izaak Wilson (Labour Party) — Weetwood
Julie Heselwood (Labour Party) — Weetwood
Alan Lamb (Conservative and Unionist) — Wetherby
Norma Harrington (Conservative and Unionist) — Wetherby
Penny Stables (Green Party (E&W)) — Wetherby

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

Cite this page

Harvard style. Every figure on the page also names its original source, which is usually the better thing to cite.

Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.