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Springwell Farm Swillington Lane Swillington Leeds LS26 8QF

22/02879/FUFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 15 July 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use to mixed use residential (Class C3) and commercial vehicular sales and storage (sui generis)

Received
13 June 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Garforth & Swillington
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Dec
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 763 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Springwell Farm Swillington Lane Swillington Leeds LS26 8QF. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Garforth & Swillington. We hold 1,813 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 8QF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swillington Village Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2022
Consultation start
1 December 2022
Last date for comments
8 December 2022
Target decision date
8 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Andy Rushby Unit 12A Railway Sawmills Burbeary Road Hudderfield HD1 3UN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 July 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference
104969
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3350333
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 January 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    27 Oct

    Certificate of Existing Lawful Development for mixed use, comprising residential use (Use Class C3) to the…

    ApprovedCertificate of Existing Lawful Use25/06296/CLE
  2. 2025
    4 Jul

    Certificate of Existing Lawful Development for mixed use comprising residential use (Use Class C3) and…

    RefusedCertificate of Existing Lawful Use25/03469/CLE
  3. 2021
    22 Nov

    Certificate of Existing Lawful Development for use of outbuilding to rear as domestic garage/store

    RefusedCertificate of Existing Lawful Use21/09458/CLE
  4. 2017
    19 Dec

    Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for an Outbuilding to rear

    RefusedCertificate of Proposed Lawful Use17/08365/CLP
  5. 2016
    7 Dec

    Demolition of existing house and erect replacement house

    RefusedFull Planning Application16/07669/FU
  6. 2016
    19 May

    Demolition of house and shed and erect replacement house and detached annexe

    RefusedFull Planning Application16/02542/FU

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