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2 Seaforth Mount Harehills Leeds LS9 6AQ

23/04664/FUFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 21 September 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of existing basement into self contained flat; changes to fenestration

Received
27 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gipton & Harehills
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Seaforth Mount Harehills Leeds LS9 6AQ. Leeds has handled 10,776 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. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Gipton & Harehills. We hold 541 applications in total for the LS9 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
LS9 6AQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2023
Consultation start
3 August 2023
Last date for comments
15 September 2023
Target decision date
21 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Matthew Parkes-Smith 78 York Street London W1H 1DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 August 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
104808
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3334119
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 May 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
13

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.

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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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    28 Mar

    Conversion of existing basement into a self contained flat

    RefusedFull Planning Application23/01303/FU

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