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Leeds City Council Leeds City Council is to help fund the £9m restoration of the Leeds City Varieties music hall theatre to its former glory by summer 2010. 27-Mar-2008 Leeds City Council is to receive plans from Banks Developments later this year to build a wind farm at Hook Moor in Micklefield, with up to eight turbines. 19-Jul-2007 Leeds City Council is to build two new sports centres in Armley and Morley, at a cost of £30m. 24-Nov-2006 Leeds City Council has unveiled plans to build a £10m sports and leisure complex at Killingbeck Fields. 19-Jun-2006 Leeds City Council is to secure £30m of government funding to build new swimming pools, sports halls and fitness centres across the city. 24-Aug-2005 Leeds City Council is to set up a new £2.8m call centre in Grace Street next year, in order to make it easier for people to contact the council. 25-May-2005 Leeds City Council has been approached by London-based developer Patrick Nally about plans to build a £65m entertainment arena in the centre of Leeds, including a 12,000-seater indoor bowl and Olympic-sized ice rink. 30-Mar-2005 Quarmby has won a £4m contract from Leeds City Council to refurbish Leeds town hall. 25-Mar-2004 Leeds City Council has approved plans from the Universities Superannuation Scheme for the development of the £150m Trinity Quarter shopping area in the city centre, including 70 retail outlets. 18-Feb-2003 Leeds City Council and the Henry Moore Foundation have drawn up plans to revamp Leeds City Art Gallery at a cost of £15m, including more gallery space and a new lecture theatre. 11-Jul-2002 Leeds City Council is considering plans from Eagle Star Life Assurance Company for the development of a storage and warehouse complex at the former Vickers tank factory in Cross Gates, which could create up to 500 jobs. 21-Jun-2002 Leeds City Council is seeking lottery funding for a £26m project to build a museum at the Leeds Institute building and an educational resource centre near Clarence Dock. 30-Nov-2001 Leeds City Council is to consider plans from non-profit organisation LABC to develop a £8m youth and sports complex in Burmantofts, including ice rink and sports arena. 30-Oct-2001 Leeds City Council has approved proposals from the Headingley Development Company to convert the historic Odeon cinema building into a mix of 30 flats and an entertainment venue comprising shops, bars and restaurants. 02-Aug-2001 Leeds City Council has given outline planning permission to Town Centre Securities for a £150m housing and retail complex on a 6.5-acre waterfront site on Whitehall Road. 30-Jul-2001 Leeds City Council is to consider plans for the development of a new £9m home for the Northern Ballet Theatre at Quarry Hill. 04-May-2001 Leeds City Council has agreed plans with Metro Holst to set up a £40m four-star hotel at the former Quarry Hill flats in Leeds city centre. 21-Feb-2001 Leeds City Council has approved plans from Nuffield Hospitals for the development of a £40m private hospital in Leeds, and work is expected to start in September. 20-Jul-2000 Leeds City Council is to consider plans from Clugston for the £13m redevelopment of the historic Stonebridge Mills in Farnley into a supermarket, offices and homes. 30-Jun-2000 Leeds City Council is to consider plans from Asda St James for the construction of a new retail centre, hotel, restaurant, car showroom and fitness centre in Whinmoor, which would create 400 jobs. 09-Oct-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008