Leeds City Council

JD Wetherspoon turns to planning inspectorate over Leeds planning application saga

11-Sep-2017 By Georgina Townshend

Negotiations for a new JD Wetherspoon (JDW) site in Leeds have turned sour after council members deferred the pubco’s planning application for a third time in a year

Crime

Infamous Leeds pub could keep its licence despite mass brawls

08-Mar-2016 By Emily Sutherland

West Yorkshire Police have welcomed a range of changes at the infamous Aviator pub in Leeds, Yeadon, where a mass brawl involving glasses being used as weapons broke out earlier this year.

Boxing Day Floods

Angry licensee hits out at lack of support from council after devastating flood

05-Jan-2016 By Emily Sutherland

A publican whose venue was severely damaged in the Boxing Day floods has hit out against Leeds City Council, arguing they left homes and businesses defenceless in the face of the devastating flooding.

Blanket ACV is a 'publicity stunt'

21-May-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Publican wants review into listing for 19 pubs.

ASA rules against 'sexually explicit' student night adverts

05-Mar-2014 By Helen Gilbert

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned ‘sexually explicit’ student night adverts by a Leeds nightclub event organiser.

Leeds City Council considers late night levy

10-Apr-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Leeds City Council is the latest local authority to consider the introduction of a late night levy. 

BrewDog wins groundbreaking licence application case against Leeds City Council

19-Sep-2012 By Gurjit Degun

A district judge has accused a licensing authority of bringing “the iron curtain clanging down” by refusing Scottish bar operator BrewDog permission to open a new site, in a ground-breaking case for the trade.

Leeds Brewery’s fifth pub opens

18-Nov-2011

Leeds Brewery has opened its fifth pub in the centre of Leeds.

Mulholland slams council over pub conversion plans

20-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney

Outspoken pro-pub campaigner Greg Mulholland has slammed Leeds City Council for granting planning permission to turn a pub into a care home.

Punch drops legal bid against Leeds Council

06-Apr-2006

Punch Taverns has dropped its plans to ask for a judicial review against Leeds City Council. Punch claimed that the conditions placed on four of its...

Pub operator withdraws High Court appeal

06-Apr-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Punch Taverns has withdrawn its High Court challenge to Leeds City Council over licensing conditions. The pubco had been in dispute since Leeds...

Punch ruling could have UK-wide implications for Act

15-Sep-2005

A landmark court decision could undermine the terms of the Licensing Act and see licensees forced to meet onerous conditions when applying for a...

Spirit hit with £5,000 fine for illegal dumping

28-Jun-2005

Spirit Group has been fined £5,000 after one of its city centre bars was found illegally dumping waste.The company was also made to pay £673 in...

Government slammed for reform bodge job'

27-Nov-2003

by The PMA Team A leading councillor has slammed the Government for bodging the practical details of licensing reform. Cllr Bernard Atha, OBE, who...