Local housing and planning policy, including HMOs,
is the responsibility of Leeds
City Council. Each member of the Executive Board of the Council
has a particular remit. Since the new administration in July 2010,
following the Local Election, housing is in the Portfolio for Neighbourhoods
& Housing, held by Cllr Peter Gruen, and planning is in Development
& Regeneration, under Cllr Richard Lewis. Both may be contacted
at the Civic Hall, Leeds LS1 1UR, tel 234 8080.
| 09 July 1987 |
LCC HMO Priority Areas adopted at
Hyde Park Terrace and the Moorlands |
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| 01 Oct 1991 |
LCC Moorlands HMO Registration Scheme
adopted |
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| May 1992 |
LCC, Unitary
Development Plan, Draft for Consultation |
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| 30 May 1998 |
Headingley Against Landlordism (HeAL)
founded |
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| 03 Mar 1999 |
LCC Moorlands HMO Registration Scheme
lapsed |
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| June 1999 |
HeAL Headingley
in Crisis: a survey of the views of long-term residents |
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| 12 Oct 1999 |
SHCA Headingley, heading where?
public meeting & Ten-Point Plan |
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| 24 Feb 2000 |
Leeds HMO Lobby founded |
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| 07 Mar 2000 |
LCC HMO Working Group, first public
meeting |
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| 17 Mar 2000 |
LCC Dept Planning Consultation
Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance: Housing in Multiple Occupation
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| June 2000 |
KVCA Kirkstall Valley Sustainable
Development Plan |
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| June 2000 |
University of Leeds Community
Strategy |
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| 24 October 2000 |
Angelique Chrisafis, 'Two
square miles of housing hell' The Guardian 24 October
2000 |
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| 05 Dec 2000 |
LCC Private Rented Sector Strategic
Working Group, first meeting |
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| 22 Feb 2001 |
Leeds NW (& HMO Lobby), meeting with
Minister, Nick Raynsford MP |
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| 26 Feb 2001 |
LCC Student Housing Project Group,
first meeting |
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| 28 Feb 2001 |
LCC White Paper Shared
Housing in Leeds |
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| 21 June 2001 |
LCC HMO Working Group, last meeting |
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| 01 Aug 2001 |
LCC Unitary
Development Plan adopted |
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| 19 June 2001 |
LCC Headingley, Kirkstall & Weetwood
CIT Community Plan 2001/2002 |
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| 17 Jan 2002 |
LCC Report Privately
Rented Shared Housing endorsed by PRS SWG |
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| 23 Jan 2002 |
LCC Student Housing Project Group,
first meeting with new remit to implement Shared Housing Action
Plan |
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| Jan 2002 |
LCC Housing Strategy Update 2001/2
- 2005/6 |
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| 15 Feb 2002 |
Leeds NW (& HMO Lobby), meeting
the Minister, Lord Falconer |
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| 19 Mar 2002 |
LCC HKW CIT endorsed SHAPE
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| May 2002 |
Darren Smith Processes
of Studentification in Leeds Report to University of
Leeds |
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| 11 July 2002 |
LCC SHPG resolved to establish Task
Groups, to implement Action Plan |
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| 21 July 2002 |
Paul Harris & Tracy McVeigh 'Student
takeover alarms cities' The Observer 21 July 2002 |
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| 30 July 2002 |
LCC HKW CIT resolved to establish
three Task Groups: Headingley Planning Group, Town Centre Strategy
Group, Community & HE Forum |
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| July 2002 |
LCC Leeds
Housing Strategy 2002/3 - 2006/7 |
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| 04 December 2002 |
Carol Midgley 'Hell
of residence' The Times 04 December 2002 |
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| December 2002 |
LCC UDP
Review outline proposals for consultation |
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| 24 January 2003 |
LCC HKW CIT Town Centre Partnership
inaugural meeting |
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| 14 March 2003 |
University of Leeds Draft Housing
Strategy Consultation Document |
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| 24 April 2003 |
LCC HKW CIT Community & HE Forum
inaugural meeting |
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| 24 June 2003 |
LCC UDP
Review First Deposit |
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| 22 August 2003 |
Alison Utley, 'Town
and Gown: speaking their language' Times Higher Education
Supplement 22 August 2003 |
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| 06 September 2003 |
Michael McCarthy, 'Growing
army of undergraduates transforms run-down urban areas for
better and worse' Independent 6 September 2003 |
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| 29 September 2003 |
Leeds HMO Lobby, Meeting
Leeds Met |
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| 01 October 2003 |
LCC HKW CIT Planning Group inaugural
meeting |
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| 20 October 2003 |
Leeds HMO Lobby, Meeting the Council
Leaders |
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| 10 November 2003 |
Leeds HMO Lobby, Meeting the Pro
Vice Chancellor, University of Leeds |
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| 12 January 2004 |
LCC HKW CIT ASHORE
Amenity Audit launched |
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| 03 February 2004 |
LCC UDP
Review Revised Deposit |
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| 23 March 2004 |
University of Leeds Housing
Strategy |
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| 06 April 2004 |
LCC Student Housing Project Group, last meeting |
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| 22 May 2004 |
'The new blacks' The Economist,
vol 371, no 8376 (22 May 2004) p32 |
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Laura Clark, 'Student "ghettos turn
suburbs into slums" ', Daily Mail, 22 May 2004, p47 |
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| 09 June 2004 |
Andy Johnson, 'Students in Headingley'
BBC3 News, 9 June 2004 |
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| 6 July 2004 |
LCC UDP
Review Public Inquiry begins |
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| 10 July 2004 |
Darshna Soni, 'Student Exclusion
Zone' Channel 4 News, 10 July 2004 |
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| 02 August 2004 |
Leeds HMO Lobby, Meeting the Council
Leaders |
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| 07 & 09 September 2004 |
LCC UDP
Review Round Table Session on Student Housing |
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| 02 October 2004 |
Martin Wainwright, 'Border
controls for student Shangri-la' The Guardian No
49163 (2 October 2004) p12 |
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| 18 October 2004 |
Morland Sanders, 'The Undergraduates
from Hell' Inside Out, BBC1 (Yorkshire), 18 October 2004 |
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| 21 October 2004 |
Lucy Hodges, 'Students no longer
welcome' The Independent: Education & Careers [supplement]
(21 October 2004) pp6-7 |
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| 22 October 2004 |
Unipol Students, Housing &
Community conference, Morley Town Hall |
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| 03 November 2004 |
Martin Stott, 'Students in Headingley'
You & Yours BBC Radio 4, 3 November 2004 |
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| 28 November 2004 |
Karen Atkinson, 'Books, Bars and
Bother' Julian Worricker and 5 Live Report, BBC
Radio 5 Live, 28 November 2004 |
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| 21 December 2004 |
Leeds HMO Lobby, Meeting
the VCs |
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| 15 March 2005 |
Libby Purves, 'Student Lodgings'
The Learning Curve BBC Radio 4, 15 March 2005 |
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| 06 April 2005 |
LCC Student Housing Project Group, last meeting |
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| 07 April 2005 |
LCC NW (Inner) Area Committee, policy on Additional
HMO Licensing in ASHORE adopted |
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| 08 May 2005 |
Ben Flanagan,
'Does anyone get to sleep around here?' The Observer:
Cash [supplement], 8 May 2006, p16 |
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| 12 June 2005 |
Len Tingle, 'A Suburb of the University' The
Politics Show, BBC1 (Yorkshire), 12 June 2005 |
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| June 2005 |
LCC LDF Local Development
Scheme June 2005 |
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| 15 August 2005 |
Leeds HMO Lobby, Meeting the Council Leaders |
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| 13 September 2005 |
Leeds HMO Lobby, Meeting the Minister, David
Miliband MP (at Leeds Core City Summit) |
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| 17 September 2005 |
Headingley
Development Trust launched |
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24 September 2005 |
Simon Hoggart, 'Diary',
The Guardian (24 September 2005) p12 |
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| 30 September 2005 |
Joey Gardiner, 'Housing Studies' Regeneration
& Renewal 30 September 2005, pp20-21 |
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| 16 November 2005 |
Martin Wainwright, 'Locals
claim slice of student paradise' Guardian 16 November
2005 |
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| 18 November 2005 |
[Ben Walker] 'Renaissance
plan for student central' Regeneration & Renewal
18 November 2005, p10 |
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| 29 November 2005 |
LCC UDP
Review Inspector's Report received |
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| 29 November 2005 |
LCC Student Housing Group, first (reconstituted)
meeting: renamed Shared Housing Group |
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| 27 February 2006 |
LCC UDP Review Response
to the Inspector's Report and Proposed Modifications |
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| 22 March 2006 |
LCC NW (Inner) Area Committee, Freshers /Exodus
Planning Group first meeting |
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| 01 April 2006 |
Unipol 'Where
to live' webpage |
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| 04 April 2006 |
Anna Crossley, 'Shared Housing in Headingley'
Look North, BBC1 (Yorkshire), 4 April 2006 |
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| 06 April 2006 |
Housing Act 2004, Part 2, Licensing
of Houses in Multiple Occupation, comes into effect. |
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| 20 April 2006 |
LCC Shared Housing Group Shared
Housing Action Plan, revised (SHAP2) adopted |
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| 19 July 2006 |
LCC UDP Review adopted |
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| 26 September 2006 |
LCC Shared Housing Group Shared
Housing Action Plan, revised (SHAP2) outcomes approved |
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| 26 September 2006 |
LCC Shared Housing Group A
Strategy for Housing Students in Leeds First Draft |
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| 26 September 2006 |
Darren Smith, Studentification, Seminar,
Cardigan Centre, Leeds |
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| 29 November 2006 |
LCC HMO
Public Register [of applications for licences received] |
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| 09 January 2007 |
LCC Shared Housing Group A
Strategy for Housing Students in Leeds adopted |
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| 27 February 2007 |
Headingley Development Trust, HeadingleyHomes
launched, 27 February 2007 |
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| 20 March 2007 |
LCC NW (Inner) Area Committee, Housing Strategy
Group first meeting |
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| 18 June 2007 |
LCC Inner NW Area Committee/Headingley Development
Trust, Seminar on Housing in Inner NW Leeds, 18 June
2007 |
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| 26 June 2007 |
University of Leeds, Inner
North-West Community Strategy 2007-2012 launched |
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University of Leeds, Housing
Strategy Update Report May 2007 launched |
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Leeds University Union, Community
Strategy 2007-2009 launched |
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| 31 October 2007 |
LCC Motion adopted on Houses in Multiple
Occupation |
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| 04 December 2007 |
LCC Shared Housing Group Shared Housing Action
Plan 2008 adopted |
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| 19 May 2008 |
Headingley Development Trust Housing
in Headingley Seminar, 19 May 2008 |
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| 29 July 2008 |
University of Leeds Community & Housing
Forum 29 July 2008 |
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| 14 August 2008 |
LCC Shared Housing Group, sub-group meeting on
Additional HMO Licensing |
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| 8-10 October 2008 |
Planning Inspectorate Glassworks
Public Inquiry Civic Hall, Leeds, 8-10 October 2008 |
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| 18 November 2008 |
LCC NW (Inner) Area Committee, Housing Strategy
Group Housing Strategy for the Area of Housing Mix
adopted |
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| 18 November 2008 |
LCC Shared Housing Group Shared Housing Action
Plan, revised adopted |
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| 19 November 2008 |
Planning Inspectorate Appeal
Decision on Glassworks, Cardigan Road, 19 November 2008 |
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| 30 July 2009 |
Leeds HMO Lobby, Response
to CLG's Consultation on Houses in Multiple Occupation and possible
planning responses, presented to CLG, 30 July 2009 |
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| 19 October 2009 |
University of Leeds, Community & Housing
Forum, 19 October 2009 |
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| 19 October 2009 |
Leeds University Union, Community Action
Plan 2009 to 2011, 19 October 2009 |
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| 22 October 2009 |
Leeds Metropolitan University Community
Engagement Paper, presented to INWAC, 22 October 2009 |
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| 26 October 2009 |
LCC Local Development Framework Core
Strategy Preferred Approach consultation begins |
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| 21 April 2010 |
Leeds HMO Lobby, Meeting the Shadow Minister,
Grant Shapps MP |
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| 11 May 2010 |
Leeds HMO Lobby, Meeting the Vice Chancellor,
Prof Susan Price, Leeds Metropolitan University |
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| 26 July 2010 |
Dr Richard Tyler, "Will
Headingley's 'big society' success be weakened by 'big government'?"
GuardianLeeds, 26 July 2010 |
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| 27 September 2010 |
'Leeds
joins fight to save HMO legislation' GuardianLeeds,
27 September 2010 |
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| 27 October 2010 |
'Council
urged to take legal action over Leeds student homes powers'
GuardianLeeds, 27 October 2010 |
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| 04 November 2010 |
Nicola Rees, 'HMOs in Headingley' Look North,
BBC1 (Yorkshire), 4 November 2010 |
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| 17 November 2010 |
Cllr Martin Hamilton, 'Removal of planning permission
for converting Houses of Multiple Occupation' White Paper Motion,
Leeds City Council, 17 November 2010 [adopted unanimously] |
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| 05 January 2011 |
LCC Executive Board resolved that approval be
given to a Proposal to serve an Article 4 Direction,
5 January 2011 |
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| 09 February 2011 |
University of Leeds, Housing & Community
Forum, 9 February 2011 |
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| 10 February 2011 |
LCC Article
4 Direction on HMOs published for consultation,
10 February - 23 March 2011 |
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| 27 July 2011 |
LCC Executive Board, Article
4 Direction confirmed, 27 July 2011 |
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| 15 August 2011 |
'Major house conversion rules tightened' YEP
15 August 2011, p5 |
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| 2 September 2011 |
Suzanne McTaggart, 'Families reclaim suburb dubbed
as Studentland' YEP 2 September 2011, p5 |
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| 22 September 2011 onwards |
LCC Workshops on HMO Policy |
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| 27 October 2011 |
Susan Press, 'Sharp
slump in university applications' YEP, 27 October
2011, p28 |
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| 28 January 2012 |
Tom Dyckhoff, 'Let's
move to Headingley, Leeds' The Guardian Weekend,
28 January 2012, p87 |
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| 10 February 2012 |
LCC Article
4 Direction on HMOs comes into force, 10 February 2012 |
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| 28 February 2012 |
LCC Core
Strategy published for consultation, 28 February
- 12 April 2012 |
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| 07 March 2012 |
University of Leeds, Housing & Community
Forum, 7 March 2012 |
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| 02 April 2012 |
Leeds HMO Lobby, last formal meeting |
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| 11 June 2012 |
Grant Woodward, 'Reclaiming the streets - how
people power is winning' YEP, 11 June 2012, pp6-7 |
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| September 2012 |
H Jones & M Rushall, Assessment
of housing market conditions and demand trends in Inner North
West Leeds, Re'new/Unipol, 2012 |
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| 03 September 2012 |
David Marsh, 'Council told: "This is the
time for Headingley to change ...".' YEP, 3 September
2012, p15 [in series 'At Home in Headingley', YEP,
3-7 September 2012] |
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| 19 September 2012 |
LCC Letting
Board Code in Inner North West Leeds Consultation
on proposed changes, 19 September - 17 October 2012 |
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| 06 November 2012 |
Jonathan Brown, 'Mass
student exodus could lose city millions of pounds' YEP,
6 November 2012, pp6-7 |
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| 03 January 2013 |
LCC revised Letting
Board Code in Inner North West Leeds adopted, 3 January
2013 |
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| 07 January 2013 |
LCC Core Strategy published for representations,
7 January - 18 February 2013 |
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| 12 November 2014 |
LCC Core
Strategy adopted 12 November 2014 (Policy H6, Houses
in Multiple Occupation, Student Accommodation, and Flat Conversions) |
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| 23 December 2014 |
LCC Student Accommodation Working Group, Final
Report, 23 December 2014 |
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| November 2015 |
LCC Regulation
7 Direction renewed, November 2015 |
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| 11 October 2016 |
Public Inquiry: appeal against refusal of permission
for PBSA, Victoria Road, began 11 October 2016 (appeal dismissed) |
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| 20 March 2017 |
LCC Development Management Practice Guidance
Note [on HMOs], 20 March 2017 |
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| October 2018 |
University of Leeds, Students
and their Community, October 2018 |
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| 17 September 2019 |
University of Leeds, Let's Talk About Students
Living Locally, meeting, 17 September 2019 |
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| November 2019 |
LCC, Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) in
North West Leeds (to address issues of alcohol abuse and waste
disposal) consultation, November 2019 |
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| November 2019 |
LCC Development Management Practice Note
on HMOs, second edition, November 2019 |
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