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Ellar Ghyll tip looks set to be saved from complete closure - with plans to only open it at weekends.

I HAVE had a look at the east of Otley 550 home development and my immediate concern is that a two week public consultation period is ridiculously short, particularly as its having to be done entirely on-line and I suspect many folk will struggle with some of the planning jargon. I think we should all lobby the MP/Otley Town Council and Leeds City Council to get it extended. Additionally, given the amount of public money going into the relief road (£6.3 million) and the interest Leeds CC have as a landowner (albeit over a small area) in the scheme, more public scrutiny rather than less is ...

A PUBLIC consultation has begun on the closure of Otley's Ellar Ghyll Household Waste Recycling Centre. Leeds City Council is looking at the closure as a way of saving £110,000 per year. The council says it faces significant challenges with its budget, because of coronavirus and reductions in funding from central government. The Otley site has been identified for closure because of factors including the number of visitors, size of the site and proximity to a site with better facilities at Yeadon. Per tonne of waste collected, Ellar Ghyll has the highest costs at more than £97 per tonn...

AIREBOROUGH, Horsforth and Wharfedale residents are being invited to comment on Leeds City Council’s new budget proposals. The authority, suffering from the financial impact of the pandemic, needs to plug a £119 million gap in its budget for 2021-22. It is considering a number of cost-cutting measures which include closing up to half of the city’s bowling greens, shutting Ellar Ghyll tip at Otley and closing Leeds Sailing & Activity Centre at Yeadon Tarn. It is also proposing a council tax rise of 4.99 per cent - a 1.99 per cent increase in the core tax combined with a 3 per cent...