Jessica Lennox - Councillor for Leeds (Cross Gates and Whinmoor)

Councillor Jessica Lennox

Labour Cross Gates and Whinmoor

Email: jessica.lennox@leeds.gov.uk

Council: Leeds

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Development Plan Panel (Committee Member) Leeds Housing Board (Chair) Employment Committee (Committee Member) Executive Board (Committee Member) General Purposes Committee (Committee Member) Outer East Community Committee (Committee Member) Scrutiny Board (Children and Families) (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

56 meetings · Page 1 of 12

Outer East Community Committee Committee Member

Outer East Community Committee - Tuesday, 2nd December, 2025 4.00 pm

December 02, 2025
Scrutiny Board (Children and Families) Committee Member

Scrutiny Board (Children and Families) - Tuesday, 25th November, 2025 1.30 pm

November 25, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Wednesday, 12th November, 2025 1.00 pm

November 12, 2025
Employment Committee Committee Member

Employment Committee - Friday, 7th November, 2025 10.00 am

November 07, 2025
General Purposes Committee Committee Member

General Purposes Committee - Wednesday, 15th October, 2025 11.00 am

October 15, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

103 decisions · Page 13 of 21

Lettings Policy Review 2025

From: Executive Board - Wednesday, 12th February, 2025 1.00 pm - February 12, 2025

Housing Leeds is seeking approval to implement a new lettings policy with changes to the qualification criteria to join the housing register, who can be added to a housing application, permanent removal of the date of registration and tenant transfer quotas, increase in priority period, a new direct let category for homeless customers and changes to award of priority to applicants with children living in high rise accommodation. Approve the commencement of consultation on changes to local lettings policies and the New Build lettings policy.  

Recommendations Approved

Leeds Household Waste Strategy - Update

From: Executive Board - Wednesday, 11th December, 2024 1.00 pm - December 11, 2024

To approve a “3 bin” approach for Leeds, including adding food waste to the list of items allowed in the brown bin together with the associated extension of brown bin collections to all year-round and to up to a further 70,000 households citywide;   Delegate the decision on the implementation and contractual arrangement for adding food waste to the brown bin to the Director of Communities, Housing and Environment, subject to affordability within existing budgets.  

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 56

Average per Month: 2.8

Decisions Recorded: 103