Walton Parish Council

01/12/2025

Collection days will change from Sunday 21st December until Sunday 4th January. All households will receive a leaflet with the new collection dates on, otherwise you can check your bin days online at www.leeds.gov.uk/mybinday or download the Leeds Bins app.

The 8 Household Waste and Recycling Centres will only be closed on the 25th and 26th December and 1st January.

29/10/2025

Planned Temporary Road Closure
Springs Lane will be closed from 9.30am to 3.30pm on Wednesday 12th November for the safe removal of infected roadside trees. A diversion via Wetherby will be operation.

14/10/2025

22/09/2025

Leeds Prepared is the new page for LCCs Resilience & Emergencies Team.

This will be THE place to go for members of the public and businesses to keep informed of the risks Leeds faces, weather warnings in force, incidents ongoing and preparedness messages to help all communities within Leeds to become Resilient Communities.

Please give the page a like and follow. https://www.facebook.com/LeedsPrepared

Official account administered by the Leeds City Council Resilience & Emergencies Team. We help communities prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies and incidents. Account not monitored 24/7.

16/09/2025

As you know, Leeds City Council is preparing its new Local Plan, which sets out land allocations for future development. Within this plan, two potential housing sites in Walton have been identified: LPS00660 and LPS00296.

To ensure the views of the community were heard, the Parish Council held an extraordinary meeting on 4th August 2025, attended by nearly 50 residents, and a public drop-in session on 30th August 2025. These events gave parishioners the opportunity to review the proposals and provide feedback.

We are very grateful for the strong level of participation. More than 40 feedback forms were received, and the views expressed were clear. On the basis of this consultation, the Parish Council has formally objected to the inclusion of both sites in the Local Plan.

Our objection is based on the following key points:

Scale of development – Walton currently has 88 homes. With 15 dwellings already under construction at Springs Lane and four more at Walnut Farm, this will rise to 107 (a 20% increase). The proposed Local Plan sites would add a further 108 homes, doubling the size of the village and undermining its historic ‘Croft and Toft’ character, which the Neighbourhood Plan seeks to protect.

Infrastructure and drainage – The village is already facing drainage problems, with no agreed solution in place. These issues, together with limited road capacity, would be worsened by major additional development.

Wider housing provision – The nearby Swinnow Park development in Wetherby will deliver 762 homes and already makes a significant contribution to Leeds’ housing targets in our area.

Neighbourhood Plan commitments – Walton is meeting the growth identified in its adopted Neighbourhood Plan, which was strongly supported by residents. Once those commitments are delivered, the Parish Council will review the plan in due course to consider future needs.

In summary, the Parish Council has lodged a formal objection with Leeds City Council, reflecting both resident feedback and the limitations of the village to accommodate such a large-scale expansion.

We would like to thank everyone who attended the meetings, shared their views, and helped to shape the Council’s response. We will continue to keep you updated as the Local Plan progresses.

Walton Parish Council

30/08/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended our village consultation today. Your feedback was very much appreciated. If you have any other feedback - then please get in touch via this link.

https://www.walton-pc.gov.uk/contact-us/

15/08/2025

Great news for the village. Pub opens up today at 4. Looks great - come and check it out

See you this afternoon from 4pm……

Drinks only today and tomorrow 4pm to 10pm

Official opening 5th September (keep an eye out for a few exclusive test events between now and then).

13/09/2024

Monday 16th September Cycle Track Closure

We wanted to let everyone know that on Monday the cycle track from Walton To Sykes House farm will be closed for fence repairs following an accident a number of months ago. Please stay off the path for your own safety. Many thanks

Walton PC

01/08/2024

Glass Bottles and Jars Can Go in Household Green Recycling Bins from 1st August

This includes all colours of glass and means that wine and spirit bottles, beer bottles, pop bottles, olive oil bottles, jam jars, pasta sauce jars, coffee jars and even the jar of the spread people either love or hate can be conveniently put in the green recycling bin.

Only glass bottles and jars can go in the green bin. Other things like oven-proof dishes, light bulbs, window or drinking glass do not melt at the same temperature as recyclable bottles and jars so should be put in the black bin.

Further information can be found at www.leeds.gov.uk/glass or download the handy Leeds Bins app to get personalised bin collection days and recycling information straight to your phone.

If you know who dumped the waste, you can also report this to us, and we may be able to give them a fine or prosecute them.