Constituency MP Greg Mulholland has called on a Government minister to back a local community's fight against new housing on a Headingley former school site.
* Click here to sign up to free news and sport email alerts from Headingley Today.Mr Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West) has written to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Hazel Blears about the old Leeds Girls High School site in Headingley.
Many local residents have opposed plans for it, which include a large amount of housing.
Ms Blears visited the school recently and met worried residents.
Mr Mulholland is asking that she makes sure that the Government does not overturn the community's wishes by allowing the proposed development to take place. He said: "It's vital that a government inspector does not come along and make a decision that runs contrary to wishes of local residents.
"I hope that Hazel Blears, having spoken to local people, will make sure that Government officials back local residents in this dispute.
The plans are completely unacceptable and local residents are understandably angry that school has refused to listen to their views."
The Girls High School has merged with Leeds Grammar School at its site in Alwoodley.
