Category: Parks & Countryside

I have received the information below which refers to the footpath from Church Lane through to Bedquilts opposite Holt Close. ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(2) ROAD TRAFFIC (TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) ACT 1991 LEEDS CITY COUNCIL (LEEDS PUBLIC FOOTPATH NO.60 (PART), ADEL LEEDS) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF USE) NOTICE 2018 Please see attached Notice in respect…

I have received the update below from the Public Rights of Way Enforcement Officer in respect of the above:  “I met with a representative for the landowner today on site. We discussed re-instating the footpath and improvements for the future, and I was satisfied that this work will be carried out when the weather allows.…

I have been in contact with the Council’s Public Rights of Way manager in respect of information I received from a local resident, as follows: “Where the public footpath crosses the golf course and enters the woods at Paul’s Pond, there is a narrow, sloping part to the path that is presenting problems for most…

Set out below are the most recent responses to the questions I raised yesterday with the various interested partners as we enter the clean-up phase following their departure. Leeds City Council Housing: Cllr Anderson – Leeds Beckett secured a possession order yesterday which was enforced today.  The G&T (Gypsy & Traveller) team have not yet…

I have received a number of updates this morning: From Leeds City Council – Principal Manager, Outreach, Leeds Housing Options “Good Morning We have been advised that our usual High Court bailiff has received instructions to assist Leeds Beckett University with the eviction of Travellers from Bedquilts, this will take place today after he has…

I was advised by the Traveller Liaison officer today of the following: “Cllr Anderson,    The Travellers should be gone today, the notices served on Friday gave them until today to vacate the land.” As a result of it being apparent that the Travellers are still on site I have sent the following email below to…

Latest update on the situation with the Travellers on Bedquilts, see below from the Police:  “Good Morning Councillor, Just to update you, the University are in Court Monday morning, that being the 14th August, to apply for the order. This should be granted and be effective from that date. I cannot see why the court…

The most recent updates on the situation are as follows: Update 1 The land where they are currently situated belongs to Leeds Beckett University. In terms of how access was gained: to the best of my knowledge the lock appears to have been broken on the barrier, both the police and the University have investigated…

As you may be aware by now there are a group of travellers on Bedquilts. I have been in touch with a number of bodies to ask what is happening and set out below are the responses to date. I will post further updates as and when I receive them. From the Police Councillor, Juts…

I recently received the following update in respect of the work to restore the Slabbering Baby. “Councillor, Following a meeting today we took  a decision that it would advisable to hold off restoring the Slabbering Baby until the Spring of 2017. The reason for this is the use of lime mortar, which is best done…