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Former Swillington Library Wakefield Road Swillington Leeds LS26 8DT

11/04903/DEMDemolition NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 16 December 2011

Council decision: Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of former swillington library

Received
22 November 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Garforth & Swillington
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target20 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Former Swillington Library Wakefield Road Swillington Leeds LS26 8DT. Leeds has handled 204 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Garforth & Swillington. We hold 1,811 applications in total for the LS26 postcode area.

84% of all 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
LS26 8DT
Application type
Demolition Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swillington Village Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2011
Last date for comments
15 December 2011
Target decision date
20 December 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
7th Floor East Merrion House 110 Merrion Centre Leeds LS2 8QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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