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Skelton Grange Landfill Site Newsam Green Pontefract Lane Richmond Hill Leeds LS15 9AD

17/02658/FUFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 July 2017

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Retrospective application for temporary surface water lagoon

Received
26 April 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Garforth & Swillington
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated26 Apr
  3. Consult.9 Jun
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 78 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Skelton Grange Landfill Site Newsam Green Pontefract Lane Richmond Hill Leeds LS15 9AD. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Garforth & Swillington. We hold 1,087 applications in total for the LS15 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
LS15 9AD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 April 2017
Last date for comments
9 June 2017
Target decision date
26 July 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Leeds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

Source: Leeds

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