{"id":687031,"date":"2026-01-10T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/687031\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:56:09","slug":"vacant-pudsey-town-hall-to-be-sold-despite-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/687031\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacant Pudsey Town Hall to be sold despite backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

The building has not been open to the public since 2016 and was only partially used by Pudsey and District Civic Society.<\/p>\n

Conservative Andrew Carter said alternative uses for the building, which dates back to the late 1800s, had not been properly considered.<\/p>\n

He told a Civic Hall meeting the sale would be an act of “civic vandalism”, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carter, who represents the nearby Calverley and Farsley ward, said: “I think the people of Pudsey will be bitterly disappointed if Pudsey Town Hall is sold.”<\/p>\n

Concerns were raised that historic memorabilia stored in the building could be lost if the sale went ahead.<\/p>\n

Trish Smith, Reform UK councillor and director of the non-profit Pudsey Town Hall Community Interest Company, which has been trying to make use of the building, said: “We have credible partners and a workable operating model. <\/p>\n

“Our plan is practically phased.”<\/p>\n

However, Labour-controlled Leeds City Council said the building cost too much to maintain and alternative options had been considered.<\/p>\n

The proposed sale was debated on Monday as part of the council’s “call-in” process, which can see executive decisions referred for re-consideration.<\/p>\n

In a split decision, councillors instead voted to release the sale decision for implementation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The building has not been open to the public since 2016 and was only partially used by Pudsey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-687031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115871625010063849","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}