When to Contact the Parish Council

What Your Parish Council Does

We know it’s not always easy to work out who does what locally. This page should help you find the right people, quickly and easily. Our Parish Council is here to support local life, protect our green spaces, and give residents a voice. But we don’t control everything. Many services are the responsibility of Leeds City Council or other organisations.

What the Parish Council does

We look after the things that make our community a great place to live:

• Providing and maintaining benches, noticeboards, bus shelters, and litter bins
• Supporting community projects, events, and local organisations
• Commenting on planning applications (we don’t decide them, but our views are taken into account)
• Maintaining public open spaces and supporting biodiversity projects
• Employing a Parish Ranger to help with local tasks such as tidying, light maintenance, improving biodiversity, and keeping areas safe and welcoming.
  Request help from the Parish Ranger via our Parish Ranger / Caretaker job request form.
• Listening to residents and working with partners to represent your concerns
• Hosting open meetings where residents can hear updates, raise issues, and get involved
• Communicating with the Ward Councillors and Leeds City Council departments

📅 See what’s coming up:

• Upcoming Parish Council Meeting Agendas
• Planning Committee (agendas & information). This committee comments on applications that are decided by Leeds City Council’s Planning Committee. Info on that process is here.
• PACT Meetings – To raise concerns with the Police.

❌ What the Parish Council doesn’t do

Some issues sit with other authorities. We don’t manage:

• Highways and traffic (road repairs, speeding, gritting, street lighting, new crossings)
• Rubbish and recycling collections
• Fly-tipping, graffiti, and street cleaning
• Council Tax, benefits, housing, and schools
• Policing and anti-social behaviour
• Public transport services
• Tree protection and enforcement of planning rules on tree works
• Set planning rules or approve planning applications.

📞 Who to contact instead