Month: July 2011

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David Wilson Homes Development on Holt Avenue Meeting 21st July

Adel Crag Community Association wish to bring to your attention an article recently published in the Adel Bells Church Magazine by Dr Barrie Hopson, Chairman Adel Association in relation to the above.

As everyone now knows the Leeds City Council and the Adel Association lost the appeal to prevent new housing on this site.  The original plans were withdrawn by the developer during the Appeal when it became apparent the their designs were probably not going to be accepted by the Inspector.  Instead they asked for and got general planning permission for the site.  The Inspector also recommended that DWH should enter into a dialogue with our Association and of course LCC.

Their new architects sent the initial plans to us recently.  We have set up another small team to analyse these and to meet with the Council to develop an agreed response.  The good news is that is that they have reduced the number of houses from the original 70 down to 46.  As yet they have not submitted any designs or details of materials and they are asking us for suggestions relating to both of these matters.

They plan to show their latest plans and ideas at a display at the Stables on July 21 from 5-7.30 pm.  This will be followed by the scheduled Adel Association meeting.  I implore as many residents as possible to visit the display.  There will then be ample opportunity to present your views at the later meeting.  Get as many neighbours as possible to attend both events.  We will not all agree on everything – because we are a community of different people – but hopefully we may be able to agree on some general principles which we will feed back to the Leeds planners initially and then directly to DWH.

For further information you may wish to visit www.adelassociation.org.uk – all the minutes from their meetings are available along with news and announcements on local events and initiatives.  It is regularly updated, so if you would like to inform residents of what you are doing or planning please email Barry Cook on barry.cook@adel-leeds.co.uk.

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Neighbourhood Police Update W/c 20th June 2011

Crime
There have been 4 burglaries reported in the last week, these have occurred on Kingsley Avenue , The Drive, and 2 on East Causeway Vale, all had  euro profile locks snapped off to gain entry.  A car was stolen from 1 and no entry to 2 due to extra locks and an alarm activating. 5 arrests have been made see below. There has been no vehicle crime.

ASB
Patrols have been paid around the Adel Wood Estate but no incidents or
groups of youths have been seen or reported. There have been no other ASB issues.

Arrests of note
5 males have been arrested for the above burglary on The Drive,  they are aged 30 from Horsforth, 21 years from Seacroft, 22 years from Bramley, 21 years of no fixed abode and 18 years from the Hawksworth estate, all are currently on bail.

ALL AREAS
All local priorities will be changing as of next week, if you have anything
that you feel should take priority please contact us by any of the above
means. We have experienced some troughs and peaks in crime within the last couple of months, you may be interested to know that for the following month we are not alone, we will have Operation Support vehicles, Mounted, officers from underwater search, Roads policing Dogs, Firearms and Special constables joining us to tackle our crime hotspots.

Faithwatch
St Giles Church in Bramhope was victim to lead theft at the end of May, we
have been there again after some more lead, bolt cutters and a crow bar
were found near to the footpath leading to Eastgate, further enquiries
continue.

Farmwatch
No incidents to report.

For full police report of North West Outer NPT please click here…

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