Proposals

Patients sitting in the waiting room at a GP practice. PIC: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Link between patients and family doctor needs to be reestablished

Plans to build 218 homes on farmland off Womersley Road, Knottingley, have been approved. Image: Edward Architecture

'Bursting at the seams' - Plans to give more than 200 homes given go-ahead

Wakefield Council has recommended a plan to build 218 homes on farmland off Womersley Road, Knottingley, be approved. Image: Edward Architecture

Plan to build 218 homes on farmland set for approval

Coun Chris Steward, leader of the Conservative Group on York Council (second from left), with farmers from the York area opposed to proposed reforms to Agricultural Property Relief (APR).

Inheritance tax changes could threaten 250 York farms, councillors warn

Archbishop of York The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Stephen Cottrell Christmas address at York Minster.

Archbishop of York faces calls to resign amid abuse scandal

A developer has submitted plans to build 73 affordable homes on farmland in Wakefield. Proposals by Avant Homes include a range of one, two, three and four-bedroom properties for the site off Lingwell Gate Lane, Lofthouse. Image: Avant Homes

Plans to build more than 70 affordable homes on farmland in Yorkshire

The property in Bingley

Plan to turn empty town centre offices into tearoom and hotel refused

Victoria Plum is being closed down with the loss of 100 jobs

One hundred jobs to be lost as Yorkshire firm closed down by Lancashire rival

5 Main Street Heslington And The Hive, to the rear, in Heslington, York.

Empty 18th Century building could become student accommodation

Kim Leadbeater. Credit: Yorkshire and the Humber Labour Party

Kim Leadbeater to introduce assisted dying bill to Parliament later this month

Tuition fees in England have remained at the same level since 2017, and haven't risen with inflation (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

The cases for and against increasing university tuition fees

Privately-owned property development company, Premcor Estates (Premcor), has submitted a planning application for its 43-acre, Mode 18 development site at Junction 3 on the M18.

Hundreds of jobs set for Yorkshire development as planning goes in

CGI representation of the new homes

Plans submitted for new homes in Wakefield

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust wants to locate a wetland complex in a field close to the helipad which serves Pinderfields Hospital.

Wildlife ponds to be built near to hospital's helicopter landing pad

A series of wildlife ponds look set to be built near to a hospital’s helicopter landing pad.

Tony Gardner

An artist’s impression of how a bridge over the Calder and Hebble Navigation canal in Brighouse might look

Key legal steps to be considered for multi-million pound highway plans

Wakefield Council has approved plans to convert Stanley Methodist Church into a five-bedroom home.

Historic former church in Yorkshire to be converted into five-bed home

Sunbridge Road Hotel Plan.

Plans to build 104-bed hotel on site of demolished former warehouse in Yorkshire

A council-run nursery in Yorkshire could permanently close after a decline in the number of children attending it. Leeds City Council said the nursery at Moor Allerton Hall Primary School in Roundhay was no longer financially sustainable.

Council-run nursery in Leeds could permanently close

Wakefield Council has given the go-ahead to demolish Elite Gym, in South Elmsall, to build six apartments.

South Elmsall gym: Plans approved to demolish gym to build apartment block

Sugary drink refills could be banned in proposals put forward by the Welsh government (Photo by Adobe Stock)

'Pointless': Diners slam plans to ban free sugary drink refills

North Yorkshire Council has approved a plan to convert a toilet block at Studley Royal into a refreshment kiosk for visitors to its deer park.The National Trust owns the historic water park which sits in the grounds of the Fountain Abbey estate. Credit - The National Trust

Studley Royal toilets to be converted into refreshment kiosk

Government-owned public body the Forestry Commission wants to plant thousands of trees at Haverah Park, which is close to another one of its woodlands at Stainburn Forest. Credit - The Forestry Commission

Proposals for new woodland in Yorkshire on land currently used by farmer

Dyson was founded by Sir James Dyson in 1991

Dyson to cut up to 1,000 jobs in the UK as part of global restructure

Credit - The National Trust

Plans approved to convert toilet block into refreshment kiosk

The current bar area in 39 Tanner Row, York

Plans to refurbish listed York building last used as Indonesian restaurant

Plans for a restaurant and holiday accommodation would see a listed York building brought back into use after standing empty for almost a decade and falling into disrepair.

Joe Gerrard

A proposal to demolish the existing building on a site in Sheffield to build two towers with more than 100 new residential dwellings has been submitted.

Proposals for two towers with 128 new homes in Sheffield submitted

Cyclists could face tougher sentences under new proposals

Watch: Cyclists could face tougher sentences under new proposals

Ilkley Cinema

Ilkley Cinema: Proposals to fit solar panels to roof of cinema

For Slingsby Walk and Wetherby Road, the proposal is to install a signalised toucan crossing for pedestrians and cyclists.

Harrogate seeks views on crossings proposal at Stray land for Duchy exchange

Plans to extend Langthwaite Grange Business on greenbelt land off Broad Lane, South Kirkby, have been recommended for approval.

Plans for major extension to Langthwaite Business Park set to be approved

The site

Plans for 120 homes on site of now-demolished bus depot approved

The gas decontamination centre in Horbury, Wakefield

Bar and jacuzzi plans for WW2 gas decontamination centre rejected

Plans have been submitted to demolish haulage business to build houses close to a historic 18th century former mill off Huddersfield Road, West Bretton.

Plans submitted to demolish Yorkshire haulage business to build houses

Lord Houchen at the transport announcement in Middlesbrough station's undercroft in January 2024. It cost Tees Valley Combined Authority £5,500 to host the event.

Ben Houchen policy announcement event cost taxpayer £5,500

51 Hanover Square

Proposals to turn listed 1840s building into bedsits

The City of York Council executive team. Pic: CYC

Council to open welcome centre for asylum seekers

The plan for the new town - Maltkiln

Maltkiln: Compulsory purchase option ‘not a stick to threaten landowner with’

City of York Council proposes ‘savings’ that doesn’t take redundancy payments into account

Council proposes ‘savings’ that doesn’t take redundancy payments into account

Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake leaves the Millbank Studios in Westminster, central London. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

New law to exonerate Post Office branch managers is to be welcomed

Wakefield One, Wakefield Council\'s headquarters building.

Council tax bills in Wakefield district look set to go up by the maximum amount

Plans have been submitted to Wakefield to convert the listed building on South Parade from office to a private home.

Plan to transform listed building with links to celebrated Yorkshire singer

The Cannon Brewery site in Neepsend has been derelict for 25 years. Picture: Chris Etchells

Warning issued over proposal to give £11m of public cash to housing developer

Double Two factory, Thornes Lane Wharf, Wakefield

Historic men's shirt maker set up during WWII to open new outlet in Yorkshire

Albion Square in Hull.

New £18m health facility in Yorkshire will help cut waiting times

The Coney Street riverside scheme has been reworked.

York riverside redevelopment scheme amended by developer

Ben Warn, Chairman of Go Racing In Yorkshire

Thousands sign petition campaigning against new gambling and betting rules

A memorial garden for workers is planned at the historic Wainsgate Chapel, at Old Town, above Hebden Bridge

Plans to create memorial garden at Grade II*-listed chapel in Yorkshire

Eastbrook Hall Basement Flats

Basement Yorkshire flats without access to natural light "unsuitable"

Councillors in Wakefield are being asked to approve a second phase of major housing development on local authority land at City Fields.

‘Heartbreaking’ loss of wildlife as more than 250 homes to be built in Yorkshire

Hardcastle Crags - including Gibson Mill - is one of the popular tourist attractions of Hebden Bridge

Plan to create campsite on agricultural land near Hebden Bridge

Elstronwick Hall, in Back Lane, Elstronwick, East Riding of Yorkshire. Picture is from East Riding of Yorkshire Council\'s planning portals

Chance to live in East Riding country hall's grounds under conversion plans

‘Biggest’ onshore windfarm proposals for Hebden Bridge STOCK PICTURE

Early stage plans for England’s biggest onshore windfarms in Hebden Bridge

Clothes hanging in shop Picture: Getty

Lib Dems want 1p tax on every new item of clothing

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