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WORK is to start next month on Otleys flood alleviation scheme. Construction was due to begin shortly after the proposals were approved in March last year but the scheme had been set back by lockdown. Leeds City Council said last year it was hoping to begin engineering work in October 2020 but then the start date was delayed again until 2021. Now councillors have been told construction will begin on Monday, March 8. The project, which is a major part of Otleys £3.3 million flood defe...

WORK is to start next month on Otleys flood alleviation scheme. Construction was due to begin shortly after the proposals were approved in March last year but the scheme had been set back by lockdown. Leeds City Council said last year it was hoping to begin engineering work in October 2020 but then the start date was delayed again until 2021. Now councillors have been told construction will begin on Monday, March 8. The project, which is a major part of Otleys £3.3 million flood defe...

OTLEYs ward councillors are calling for all the responses to the East of Otley consultation be made public. Cllr Sandy Lay said: "Following concerns raised by residents we have contacted the Director of Planning in Leeds to ask that the details of residents responses be made public.There are concerns that many of the detailed comments will be lost and that those areas of concern which are not specifically mentioned in the questionnaire will be ignored." Cllr Ryk Downes added: "We apprecia...

Councillors Colin Campbell, Ryk Downes and Sandy Lay are urging residents to speak out against proposed cuts PEOPLE in Otley and Yeadon are being urged to speak out against planned cuts to services. Leeds City Council is proposing to cut opening hours at libraries and community hubs in the two towns and will also reduce floral planting. The suggested cuts are being put forward as part of the councils 2021/22 budget savings proposals as it faces a shortfall of £119 million. The council ...

A POLITICIAN from Otley will take up a place in the House of Lords next year. Councillor Judith Blake CBE, the Leader of Leeds City Council, has been chosen to be a Labour Party Peer in the upper chamber. Cllr Blake was named among the new peers that were announced by the Government on Tuesday, December 22. The former Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, will also take up a position in the Lords in 2021. Responding to the announcement, she said: “I am honoured to be selected to join...

A POLITICIAN from Otley will take up a place in the House of Lords next year. Councillor Judith Blake CBE, the Leader of Leeds City Council, has been chosen to be a Labour Party Peer in the upper chamber. Cllr Blake was named among the new peers that were announced by the Government on Tuesday, December 22. The former Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, will also take up a position in the Lords in 2021. Responding to the announcement, she said: “I am honoured to be selected to join...

"The price paid is considerably more than the reserve, which is good news. "I hope Leeds honours previous commitments and releases some of the money from the sale back to the local community." A spokesperson for campaign group Otley Civic Hub Support said: "We look forward to seeing who the new owners are and hearing about what they have planned for the Civic Centre. "Our focus will continue to be on getting a new community hub created in Otley to compensate for the loss of this importa...

OTLEY is waiting to hear what is planned for the Civic Centre after the building sold for £600,000. Owners Leeds City Council had put the Grade II Listed property on the market as part of its efforts to plug a multi-million pound budget deficit for next year. It was sold via a 24 hour online auction, where the building was listed with a guide price of just £135,000, which ended on December 9. Once the towns major community hub and a home to the Town Council and other groups, including...