NEXT FORUM MEETING- The next General Meeting of the Forum will take place on Thursday 2nd February 2012 at 7.30p.m at Beeston Village Community Centre, St. Anthony's Drive,Beeston,Leeds,LS11 8AB. The guest speakers will be St. Clair Binns of the Leeds City Council Youth Service and Helen Westerman of the NSPCC.
TESCO - The Forum meeting on 12th May 2011 voted by 24 to 2 to withdraw our objection to the planning application by Tesco Stores Limited for a store on Old Lane, provided that certain conditions are met. It is hoped that the Forum will continue to work with Tesco in order to help them improve their plans for the store. Please click on the button 'Tesco Planning Application' to the left to read important correspondence and other documents relating to the application.
ASDA- Asda Stores Limited have submitted a planning application to demolish their existing store on Old Lane and build a new store on the site. Please click on this link to view the planning application. The Forum meeting on 5th January 2012 hosted representatives of Asda and a number of companies assisting them in relation to the planning application. The Forum voted
i) to seek a number of written assurances from Asda similar to those given by Tesco in relation to its planning application and ii) that the holding objection shall remain in place unless and until these assurances are given .
Welcome to the website of the Beeston Community Forum. The Forum is a non- political, non sectarian organisation which campaigns on a wide range of issues on behalf of the residents of Beeston; a suburb of the City of Leeds. Please click on 'About Us' (to the left) to see how the Beeston Forum operates. Our meetings are held at Beeston Village Community Centre, and generally take place at 7.30p.m on the first Thursday of each month. Please click on 'Our Meetings' to the left , to see details of the dates of our meetings and the details of any invited guest speakers (please note, however that the dates and speakers are subject to alteration). Our meetings are considered to be Partners and Community Together meetings by West Yorkshire Police. Members of the Neighbourhood Policing Team attend our meetings on a regular basis , and answer questions from, and are available for consultation by local residents. Please click on the link to the right to look at the latest newsletter of the Neighbourhood Policing Team. This website will gradually be developed in order to give visitors an insight into Beeston, and the work of the Beeston Community Forum. If you have any suggestions as to how this website should develop, you are more than welcome to send me an e mail to robert.winfield1@ntlworld.com
Robert Winfield
Secretary and Webmaster, Beeston Forum
DO YOU WANT TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE ? - there are a number of vacant positions on the Committee. If you are interested or would like to know more, please e mail Robert Winfield