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61 Church Street Kirkstall Leeds LS5 3HZ

22/08315/CLECertificate of Existing Lawful UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 15 February 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Existing Lawful Development for Use of basement as a dwelling

Received
21 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kirkstall
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 61 Church Street Kirkstall Leeds LS5 3HZ. Leeds has handled 1,013 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Kirkstall. We hold 295 applications in total for the LS5 postcode area.

80% of amendment 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
LS5 3HZ
Application type
Certificate of Existing Lawful Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2022
Target decision date
15 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr William Cartwright Cringleford Gawthorpe Lane Bingley BD16 4DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: A4D01
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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