Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Plan

Little Woodhouse is an inner city area of Leeds, close to the city centre, the Universities of Leeds and Leeds Beckett and to the Leeds General Infirmary. Little Woodhouse is a designated Neighbourhood Area for neighbourhood planning.

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Neighbourhood Plan submitted – publicising the Plan before Examination

• The Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Plan is now submitted for Examination. The Council is publicising the Plan and seeking comments before the Examination takes place, The documents are on the Neighbourhood Plan – Documents page. The consultation runs for 6 weeks between 19 January – 2 March 2026.
• This Draft Plan has emerged from views and feedback from many local people over the past few years and amendments from a formal consultation,* so this is a last chance to give comments before Examination. All the comments received will be considered by the Examination.
• A print copy of the Plan documents is available to view at the following places: Leeds Central Library; LCC section of Merrion House hub; Swarthmore Education Centre 2-7 Woodhouse Square LS3 1AD; M&S Archive Michael Marks Building University of Leeds LS2 9LP ; Left Bank Centre Cardigan Road LS6 1LJ.
• The documents are open for comments between 19 January to 2 March 2026, which will be submitted to the Examiner along with the Plan. Comments on online survey https://surveys.leeds.gov.uk/s/LWReg16 or email npsupport@leeds,gov.uk
• *The Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Plan held a formal consultation period from Monday 20 May to Friday 2 August 2024 (the Pre Submission consultation) and considered all comments and amendments. You will find all the revised Neighbourhood Plan documents here.
• The timing of our next full Forum meeting will depend on the progress of the Plan. The next Joint meeting with the Little Woodhouse Community Forum will be held on Tuesday 14 April at 5.30 – 7.30pm T Josephs Well Offices, Hanover Lane, Leeds LS3 1AB..

Finding your way round this site

Click on the menu bar and choose any of the headings to see different content pages –

• For a Gallery of pictures, click here. Many of the pages also carry pictures of buildings, streets and green spaces in Little Woodhouse – see different areas under Places. Our Vision for the area inspired Policy Ideas and aims for Housing, Heritage, Green spaces etc
• For the designated Neighbourhood Area Map click here
• For information about what neighbourhood planning is and how far we have got, click here
• Click here for the draft Neighbourhood Plan and related documents
• Click here for links to Evidence to support the different policies in the Neighbourhood Plan
• Click here to Contact Us if you would like to enquire, comment or join the Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Forum (free to residents and anyone working , studying or running a business or organisation) See below for the latest meeting details.

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Get in touch with us

Get in touch with us if you are interested in joining our meetings or becoming a member.