Welcome to Leeds

A compassionate and caring city, with a strong economy.

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Other licences

You can apply for a range of permits and licences online or by emailing us for an application form. We can accept payment online through our website or by cheque if you are applying by post. You can find more information on this and links to apply online on the individual pages.

Licensing

Licensing information for landlords and managing agents of Houses in Multiple Occupation

Alcohol and entertainment

You can apply for a range of licences online or by constacting us for the application forms and submitting them by post or email.

Cycling

Find cycle routes, information on bike loans, maintenance and cycle to work schemes

Care Delivery Service

Our Care Delivery Service is a group of Leeds City Council services providing care and support for adults.

Help at home

Get support with daily tasks like getting washed and dressed – it can be long term, short term or temporary respite care

Help to pay for care

A guide to getting help to pay for care homes, including financial assessments and third party top ups

Worried about someone

See how to get social care and support for your friend or family member so they can live well and be safe

Looking after someone

Find out what help you can get if you look after someone who couldn't manage without your help

Care Quality Team

The latest national guidance as well as ICB and council updates and upcoming events

Providing care

Information and resources for people working in Leeds who provide direct care, for example care assistants working in care homes, including information for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Road safety

Tell us if you have safety concerns about a road in your area

Rent and money

Information about your rent, service charges, and how to check your rent balance

Report problems

Report noise nuisance, fly tipping and other types of antisocial behaviour

Your tenancy

How to end a tenancy, add or remove someone, and who can inherit a tenancy when a council tenant has died

Housing

Rent, repairs, reporting problems, and your tenancy agreement

Leaseholders

Responsibilities of leaseholders and the council, permissions and things you need to let us know about

Housing strategy

See our plans to meet housing needs, working with the Leeds Strategic Housing Partnership to achieve this

Schools and education

Help applying for a school place, moving schools, making an admissions appeal and joining school waiting lists

School transport

Find out if a child attending mainstream school is eligible for home to school transport assistance

SEND strategies

Our strategy for making Leeds an inclusive child-friendly city for our children and young people aged 0 to 25 with SEND and additional needs

Food

What you need to do if you sell food to the public or other businesses

Trees and woodlands

We manage over 1,800 hectares of woodland in Leeds. Find out more about what we do and enjoy some of the fantastic woodland spaces Leeds has to offer.

Your local park

There are 65 community parks in Leeds. These green spaces contain a variety of facilities including playgrounds, sport pitches and gardens for local people to enjoy.

Public rights of way

Find out where the public rights of way are in Leeds, where access rights (right to roam) apply, and how we are improving the public rights of way network.

Adopted Local Plan

The Adopted Local Plan forms part of the statutory development plan for the Leeds district. It sets out the council's vision and strategy for the area until 2033, and provides the basis for decisions on planning applications.

Councillors and decision making

Your elected councillors provide the essential foundation to the way in which your council operates.  Use the links to find out who your local councillor us and how you can make contact with them.

Local Byelaws

Created when there is no general legislation that deals with particular matters of concern to local people, byelaws must be ‘confirmed’ (approved) by a secretary of state for the government before they can come into force. Before applying for approval, councils have to advertise any proposed byelaws in the local press to give members of the public a chance to comment on them.

Major parks

​Leeds has several major parks, with lots to see and do. Our parks are dog friendly.​​​

Nature Reserves

​Leeds has several Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) which are owned and managed by our natural habitats team. These are amongst the best places to enjoy wildlife in the Leeds district.

Grow your own

If you are interested in joining or setting up a community food growing project, visit the Feed Leeds website or
Incredible Edible for advice and guidance.

Volunteering

Volunteering is a great way to get involved in fun, exciting and rewarding projects happening across Leeds.

Arts and events

If you would like to organise an event in Leeds, we can help you plan and make sure it takes place safely

Parks and countryside

We manage around 4,000 hectares of green space across Leeds, making the city one of the greenest places to live in Europe. We manage:

Health and social care

Support to continue living independently, how to get social care services and how to report the abuse of an adult

Business rates

Find out how to pay business rates by Direct Debit, by bank transfer, by phone, by post and online.

Jobshops

At your local jobshop you can get help and support with:

Public Health Resource Centre

The Public Health Resource Centre (PHRC) offers support to anyone with a responsibility for or professional interest in public health or promoting health and wellbeing in Leeds, including students and volunteers.

Public health

Support and resources for professionals who work in public health

Parking

Find the parking prices for council-run car parks and on street park around the city centre.

Death

Monday to Friday, between 9am and 5pm.

Report a change

Register for council tax at your new home or cancel for your old address

Council tax

You can set up or change a Direct Debit, pay online, by phone, post or in person

Keeping children safe

​Keeping children and young people safe is everyone's responsibility, families, carers, the public and professional staff in Children's Services and partner agencies.​​

Keeping children safe

​Keeping children and young people safe is everyone's responsibility, families, carers, the public and professional staff in Children's Services and partner agencies.​​

Children and families

School applications and appeals. Check school holidays and term dates and find a school in Leeds

Leaving care

Just because you are leaving care, or have already left care, we haven’t stopped caring about you. We want to make sure you feel safe and supported and know where to go for advice and help.

Election results

The following constituencies are within the North Yorkshire Council area for the parliamentary election:

Elections

Find the results for the parliamentary general election, and previous election results

Open Data

Find out how to make a request for information

Emergencies

Find out what risks could lead to an emergency situation

Planning and building

Apply for building regulations approval, book a site inspection, advice on demolitions, report dangerous structures

Policies maps

Map representations of where planning policies apply across the Leeds district, including Natural Resources and Waste, Core Strategy, saved Unitary Development Plan and Aire Valley Leeds Area Action Plan policies. 

Local plan update

Find information about the local plan update pre-submission changes consultation and how you can have your say

Emerging Local Plan

Find out about upcoming Local Plans that, once adopted, form the basis for making planning decisions across the Leeds district.

Planning policy

We are responsible for producing a
Local Plan which guides future growth in Leeds. This helps us decide where and when development takes place. 

Privacy and data

General privacy information and our responsibilities when using your personal data

Privacy and data

General privacy information and our responsibilities when using your personal data

Help at home

Get support with daily tasks like getting washed and dressed – it can be long term, short term or temporary respite care

Commercial opportunities

Find out how to tender for a contract, how to promote your business and how to work in partnership with us.​​

Design system

Everything you need when communicating and designing for the council.

Policies maps

Map representations of where planning policies apply across the Leeds district, including Natural Resources and Waste, Core Strategy, saved Unitary Development Plan and Aire Valley Leeds Area Action Plan policies. 

Public Health Events

This page contains details of events being run by, or attended by, Public Health Resource Centre.

Rent and money

Information about your rent, service charges, and how to check your rent balance

Residents

Information and advice on Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support and Free School Meals

Help to pay for care

A guide to getting help to pay for care homes, including financial assessments and third party top ups

Privacy and data

General privacy information and our responsibilities when using your personal data

Services List

Council tax

You can set up or change a Direct Debit, pay online, by phone, post or in person

Health and social care

Support to continue living independently, how to get social care services and how to report the abuse of an adult

Housing

Rent, repairs, reporting problems, and your tenancy agreement

Public health

Support and resources for professionals who work in public health

Schools and education

Help applying for a school place, moving schools, making an admissions appeal and joining school waiting lists