Benfield Ford Ltd Richmond Garage Otley Road Guiseley Leeds LS20 8BT

20/08214/FUFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 9 July 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of up to 72 bedroom, predominantly three storey, care home with associated access, parking and landscaping

Received: 18 December 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leeds City Council
Ward: Guiseley & Rawdon

ReceivedReceived18 Dec
ValidatedValidated18 Dec
Consult.Consultation22 Jun
TargetTarget Date19 Mar
DecidedDecided9 Jul

Decided in 203 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Benfield Ford Ltd Richmond Garage Otley Road Guiseley Leeds LS20 8BT. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 203 days, 22 weeks longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Guiseley & Rawdon. We hold 1,042 applications in total for the LS20 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: LS20 8BT
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 December 2020
Consultation expiry: 8 January 2021
Consultation start: 8 June 2021
Last date for comments: 22 June 2021
Target decision date: 19 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr P Garner High Lane House 148 Buxton Road High Lane Stockport SK6 8ED

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 8 January 2021
Site notice start: 11 January 2021

Appeal

Appeal reference: 104198
Appeal status: Appeal decided
Appeal result: Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3280424

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 December 2021Dev Type: Other Major DevelopmentsReason: Appeal Against Conditions

Additional information

Documents: 68

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Guiseley
Tree Preservation Order: TPO1986_036Part of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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