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The Old School Church Lane Swillington Leeds LS26 8DX

19/01308/FUFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 March 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use and demolition of existing rear extension of old school hall to form two houses including addition of first floor and new single storey rear extension.

Received
22 March 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Garforth & Swillington
  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target17 May
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 367 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Old School Church Lane Swillington Leeds LS26 8DX. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 367 days, 45 weeks longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.

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
LS26 8DX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swillington Village Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2019
Consultation expiry
5 April 2019
Consultation start
11 March 2020
Last date for comments
18 March 2020
Target decision date
17 May 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 April 2019
Site notice start
17 April 2019

Additional information

Documents
20

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    20 Jul

    Consent, agreement or approval required by conditions 3 and 5 of Planning Application 19/01308/FU

    PendingDischarge of conditions20/04345/COND
  2. 2019
    22 Mar

    Change of use and demolition of existing rear extension of old school hall to form two houses including…

    This applicationApprovedFull19/01308/FU

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