Land At The Former Skelton Grange Power Station South Road Leeds

24/03872/CLPCertificate of Proposed Lawful UseApproved

Reserved matters

Approved on 30 August 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for confirmation from Leeds City Council that it is lawful for the full 74,057sqm of Use Class B8 (data centre) floorspace that is permitted under hybrid planning permission ref. 21/09982/FU to be delivered pursuant to a reserved matters approval that authorises the floorspace within Appendix B Land , so long as the parameters contained within the hybrid planning permission are complied with and conditions addressed appropriately

Received: 5 July 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leeds City Council
Ward: Burmantofts & Richmond Hill

ReceivedReceived5 Jul
ValidatedValidated5 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date30 Aug
DecidedDecided30 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At The Former Skelton Grange Power Station South Road Leeds. Leeds has handled 1,616 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 have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Burmantofts & Richmond Hill.

80% of outline 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

Application type: Certificate of Proposed Lawful Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 July 2024
Target decision date: 30 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Liz Wells 1 City Square Leeds LS1 2AL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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