Aireborough is the ancient Parish of Guiseley renamed in the 1930s. It consists of Guiseley, Hawksworth, High Royds, Nether Yeadon, and Yeadon. The Aireborough Neighbourhood Development Forum (ANDF) seeks to conserve and promote the identity and distinctiveness of Aireborough through placemaking. To help promote growth in the local economy, thereby regenerating a sustainable local community. To create a connected, quality green infrastructure that enhances well being and the local ecology. And, to foster a strong community spirit that encourages civic pride.
Why the community needs us
The ANDF seeks to enhance wellbeing through participatory democracy in Aireborough. The aim is to raise the funding, network with specialists and other groups, and bring together local people who want to collaborate on neighbourhood planning and development projects, according to a shared vision for Aireborough. Projects can range from an inspiring Christmas Light display, to a network of cycle tracks, to building a community facility.
Our impact on the community
ANDF was founded in 2012,and produced a vision for Aireborough's development supported by Design Council CABE. In 2014 ANDF was designated by Leeds City Council to produce a Neighbourhood Plan. The Forum worked to bring this to fruition by building an evidence base that fed into the Leeds Local Plan. In 2019 the ANDF had to challenge LCC's Local Plan over deletion of four Aireborough Green Belt sites to allow development. The resulting Judicial Review was won by the ANDF in Aug 2020, with the result that the GB sites had to be put back into the Green Belt; this was ratified by the Planning Inspectorate in Jan 2024. In 2015 the ANDF held the first Aireborough Festival which later became the Tales Told annual festival run by Codswallop CIC. ANDF has worked to regenerated the Guiseley Wells area with the Wells Society.
