Former Weetwood Police Station 300 Otley Road Lawnswood Roundabout Leeds LS16 6RG

24/03070/FUFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 2 August 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Temporary change of use of building and surrounding land to a creche/nursery play space with associated car parking Class E(f)

Received: 12 June 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leeds City Council
Ward: Adel & Wharfedale

ReceivedReceived12 Jun
ValidatedValidated12 Jun
Consult.Consultation31 Jul
TargetTarget Date7 Aug
DecidedDecided2 Aug

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Weetwood Police Station 300 Otley Road Lawnswood Roundabout Leeds LS16 6RG. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 285 applications across Adel & Wharfedale. We hold 639 applications in total for the LS16 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: LS16 6RG
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 June 2024
Consultation start: 12 June 2024
Last date for comments: 31 July 2024
Target decision date: 7 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 10 July 2024

Additional information

Documents: 17

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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Source: Leeds

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