 The district falls within the Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward of the Leeds Metropolitan Council.In the 1950s, the Swarcliffe housing estate was developed by the city council which built two and three-bedroomed semi-detached council houses, a number of three-storey blocks containing 12 flats or more, and three brick-built nine-storey blocks of flats.Two of the blocks of flats were demolished in the 1990s and an old people's home was built on the site.