Land Off Newton Lane Ledston WF10 2AW
Refused on 29 August 2025
Planning committee2 reasons for refusal
Proposal
Battery Energy Storage Facility and associated works
- Received
- 8 October 2024
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Leeds City Council
- Ward
- Kippax & Methley
- ReceivedReceived8 Oct
- ValidatedValidated8 Oct
- Consult.Consultation6 May
- TargetTarget Date7 Jan
- DecidedDecided29 Aug
Decided in 325 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land Off Newton Lane Ledston WF10 2AW. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 325 days, 39 weeks longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Kippax & Methley. We hold 760 applications in total for the WF10 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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Why it was refused
- In the opinion of the Local Planning Authority the proposed development, by definition, represents Inappropriate Development in the Green Belt. By way of its presence and spatial aspect, the proposal would not prevent urban sprawl nor keep land permanently open. It also would not assist in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment and would not recycle derelict land, prejudicing three of the five fundamental purposes which Merrion House 110 Merrion Centre Leeds LS2 8BB Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Green Belt serves. This harm carries substantial weight and it is considered that no 'very special circumstances' and other identified benefits exist that clearly outweigh this harm, and any other identified harm, to justify the proposed development within the Green Belt. The proposal is therefore contrary to the aims and objectives of saved policy N33 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan Review 2006 and paragraphs 143, 153 and 154 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.
- In the opinion of the Local Planning Authority the proposed development does not include adequate mitigation to reduce the risk of fire. The proposed development fails to include several elements of recommended mitigation identified within the National Fire Chief Council's guidance entitled 'Grid Scale Battery Energy Storage System Planning - Guidance for FRS' (V.1, 2022), as referred to within para. 035 Reference ID: 5-035- 20230814 of the National Planning Policy Guidance on Renewable and Low Carbon Energy (last updated 14 August 2023). As such, the resultant risks to public safety, including danger to health or life, and also pollution and environmental damage, have not been adequately considered and mitigated by the applicant to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority. This carries significant weight and as such the proposed development is found to be contrary to the aims and objectives of saved policies GP5 and N35 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan Review 2006, adopted policy Water 2 of the Natural Resources and Waste Local Plan 2013/2015 and paragraph 102 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- WF10 2AW
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Allerton Bywater Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 October 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 1 November 2024
- Consultation start
- 29 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 6 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 January 2025
- Committee meeting
- 21 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Steven Longstaff Conyngham Hall Bond End Knaresborough HG5 9AY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 November 2024
- Site notice start
- 23 October 2024
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 87
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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