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Boston Spa Academy Clifford Moor Road Boston Spa Wetherby LS23 6RW

25/00530/FUFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)16 conditions

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Proposal

Part retrospective application for demolition of detached single storey building; construction of performing arts building and reception to adjoin existing school, alterations to existing parking areas; demolition of caretakers bungalow and creation of new parking area and associated landscaping; cycle parking

Received
29 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wetherby
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 260 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Boston Spa Academy Clifford Moor Road Boston Spa Wetherby LS23 6RW. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 260 days, 30 weeks 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 300 applications across Wetherby. We hold 859 applications in total for the LS23 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
LS23 6RW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Clifford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2025
Consultation expiry
21 February 2025
Consultation start
5 September 2025
Last date for comments
12 September 2025
Target decision date
26 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Mark Larham No.22, 1912 Mill Sunny Bank Mills Farsley, Pudsey Leeds LS28 5LY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 February 2025
Site notice start
19 February 2025

Additional information

Documents
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1962_002WTHPart of the site · +1 more
  • Green belt: Leeds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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