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

21/02496/FUFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 14 July 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Construction of one detached building for the delivery, shredding and storage of green waste at existing composting facility

Received: 23 March 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leeds City Council
Ward: Garforth & Swillington

ReceivedReceived23 Mar
ValidatedValidated23 Mar
Consult.Consultation7 Jun
TargetTarget Date22 Jun
DecidedDecided14 Jul

Decided in 113 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Skelton Grange Landfill Site Pontefract Lane Richmond Hill Leeds LS15 9AD. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 9 weeks longer 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 1,087 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: 23 March 2021
Consultation expiry: 14 May 2021
Consultation start: 12 April 2021
Last date for comments: 7 June 2021
Target decision date: 22 June 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Clive Saul Suite 3 Manor Court Salesbury Hall Ribchester PR3 3XR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 May 2021
Site notice start: 5 May 2021

Additional information

Documents: 21

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.

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© 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.

Source: Leeds

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