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Knostrop Treatment Works Knowsthorpe Lane Cross Green Leeds LS9 0PJ

07/04382/FUFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 November 2007

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

New sludge management scheme including 5 storage tanks, thickening building and associated equipment to water treatment works

Received
18 July 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.23 Aug
  4. Target17 Oct
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 128 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Knostrop Treatment Works Knowsthorpe Lane Cross Green Leeds LS9 0PJ. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 11 weeks longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Burmantofts & Richmond Hill. We hold 541 applications in total for the LS9 postcode area.

81% of full applications at Leeds City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LS9 0PJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2007
Consultation expiry
2 August 2007
Consultation start
19 July 2007
Last date for comments
23 August 2007
Target decision date
17 October 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
John Thornton - Project Manager Knostrop Site Offices Knowsthorpe Lane Cross Green Leeds LS9 0PJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 August 2007
Site notice start
23 July 2007

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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