Horsforth Town Council

05/05/2026

Upcoming Horsforth Town Council meetings. A councillor surgery is held at 18:30 before every full council meeting. Members of the press and public are welcome to attend council and committee meetings. Where confidential matters are to be discussed, members of the press and public may be excluded.

15/04/2026

Horsforth Annual Town Meeting

Thursday, 30 April 2026 at 19:00 at Parish Centre, St Margaret's Church, Church Lane, Horsforth LS18 5LA.

This is your opportunity to:
- Share your thoughts and ideas on Horsforth related matters
- Discuss any concerns
- Learn about the council
- Provide feedback

10/04/2026

Horsforth Town Council's upcoming meetings. Members of the press and public are welcome to attend. Where confidential matters are to be discussed, members of the press and public may be excluded.

02/04/2026

27/03/2026

Horsforth Town Council agreed a position on any development of Cragg Hill Quarry at our full council committee meeting on 26 March. The town council resolved to resist any development of this important green space.

This statement can be found in full on our website:

Council is aware of ongoing activities on the land known as Cragg Quarry. The town council have recently objected to proposals to construct executive-style housing on the land as part of planning applications 23/03159/OT and 24/02440/OT, as well as subsequent appeal APP/N4720/W/25/3359261. These app...

26/03/2026

Horsforth Town Council now has an Instagram account. Follow us to to keep up to date on news, events and important things in our community:

https://www.instagram.com/horsforth.town.council/

25/03/2026

Is there anything relating to Horsforth that you would like to discuss with your town councillors?

We hold councillor surgeries at 18:30 before each full council meeting. The next councillor surgery takes place this Thursday, 26 March, at the Parish Centre, St Margaret's Church. No booking required.

12/03/2026

Precept Statement

The Town Council’s Finance & General Purposes Committee met to set the budget and to discuss the Council Tax Precept for the coming year.

It was a difficult decision but it was agreed unanimously to increase the Precept to £215,000 and this was ratified by the Full Council at the meeting held on 22nd January. This means that the Precept cost per household for a Band D property will be £28.38 for the financial year 2026/27. This equates to an increase of £8.18 per household per year on a Band D property. We realise that this will impact everyone in the community including councillors.

The money raised by the Precept will be used by the Town Council to continue to provide events such as the hugely successful Christmas Lights Switch on and Market, the Remembrance Day Services and annual events such as those previously held for the Coronation, D Day and VE Day anniversaries. These events are enjoyed by so many in our Horsforth community and beyond. The Precept also enables the Town Council to continue to provide grants and sponsorships to a range of voluntary groups that enrich our community and its environment.

In comparison to other Town Councils of a similar size, such as Otley and Wetherby, the Horsforth Precept is significantly smaller. Your Horsforth Town Councillors are committed to providing value for money and we continue to look for other sources of funding to ensure that we are able to keep Precept rises to the minimum.
The Town Council welcomes public engagement at council meetings, councillor surgeries and communications received via the Town Council office.

Contact: [email protected]

03/03/2026

Notice is hereby given that due to the resignation of Becky Heaviside, a vacancy exists in the office of Town Councillor for Horsforth Town Council Hall Park Ward.

The vacancy will be filled by election if any ten local government electors for the said area submit a written request to that effect in the manner prescribed below and if no such request is made the vacancy will be filled by the Parish Council.

Any request for an election to be held to fill the vacancy must be in writing and must reach the Returning Officer, Leeds City Council, Electoral Services, Civic Hall, Calverley Street, Leeds LS1 1UR by no later than midnight on Monday 23rd March 2026