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Guiseley Library Otley Road Guiseley Leeds LS20 8AH

21/01871/FUFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 April 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from Library to Restaurant and Bar with extension to side

Received
5 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Guiseley & Rawdon
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.26 Apr
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Guiseley Library Otley Road Guiseley Leeds LS20 8AH. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 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 8AH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2021
Consultation expiry
2 April 2021
Consultation start
16 March 2021
Last date for comments
26 April 2021
Target decision date
30 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Jonathan Holmes 566 Heaton Road Heaton Bradford BD9 4DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 April 2021
Site notice start
25 March 2021

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Guiseley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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

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© 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.

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