{"id":753502,"date":"2026-02-09T21:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/753502\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T21:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:05:13","slug":"rodley-photos-capture-airedale-mills-site-past-and-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/753502\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodley: Photos capture Airedale Mills site, past and present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Photos: Kelvin Wakefield<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new development of 67 new houses on the former Airedale Mills site in Rodley\u00a0appears to be edging closer to reality.<\/p>\n<p>The initial proposals had met with widespread local opposition amid concerns over access and the impact on Rodley Nature Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>WLD understands some of the planning conditions attached to the development have been discharged by Leeds City Council, while others are still awaiting final sign off.<\/p>\n<p>The latest images of the site by photographer Kelvin Wakefield show some of the ground works appear to have started, before full building work commences.<\/p>\n<p>Kelvin also captured some photos from the site back in 2005, after the mill was closed but before it was demolished. Here\u2019s a slideshow of images at the time:<\/p>\n<p>Follow WLD\u2019s ongoing coverage of the site\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/westleedsdispatch.com\/tag\/airedale-mills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored content<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-18.31.46-638x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164818\"  \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunnybankmills.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.sunnybankmills.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos: Kelvin Wakefield A new development of 67 new houses on the former Airedale Mills site in Rodley\u00a0appears&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[222018,748,208169,393,4884,220524,1860,222019,222020,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-753502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-airedale-mills","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-community-reporters","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-kelvin-wakefield","14":"tag-leeds","15":"tag-moss-bridge","16":"tag-rodley","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116042709497686381","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753502","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=753502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}