145 Easterly Road Gipton Leeds LS8 2RY

1. 1.The Local Planning Authority considers that the proposed hot food takeaway would result in an unacceptable level of harm to the residential amenity of existing and future occupants of the flats above and adjacent to the site. Insufficient and inconsistent information has been submitted to demonstrate that the impacts arising from noise, odour and general disturbance can be satisfactorily mitigated. Also, the proposed kitchen extract flue, by virtue of its size, siting and proximity to a first floor rear facing habitable room window, would appear visually intrusive and overbearing to the occupiers of the flats above. The flue's position immediately adjacent to residential windows would result in an appreciable loss of outlook and an overbearing impact upon the outlook from that window. The proposal therefore fails to safeguard the reasonable living conditions of existing and future occupiers and is contrary to Policy P10 of the Core Strategy, Saved Policies GP5 and BD5 of the Leeds UDPR, and Policy HFT3 of the Hot Food Takeaway SPD, as well as the aims of the NPPF.
2. 2.The Local Planning Authority considers that the applicant has failed to submit sufficient information to allow a full and proper assessment of the highway, parking, servicing and delivery impacts associated with the proposed hot food takeaway use. Furthermore, the proposal does not demonstrate compliance with sustainable transport requirements. In the absence of information, the Local Planning Authority cannot conclude that the Merrion House 110 Merrion Centre Leeds LS2 8BB Town and Country Planning Act 1990 proposal would operate safely or satisfactorily in highway terms, particularly in relation to servicing demands and delivery driver activity. The proposal therefore fails to demonstrate that it would not result in an unacceptable impact on highway safety or the efficient operation of the surrounding highway network. The proposal is therefore contrary to Leeds Core Strategy Policy T2, Saved UDP Policy GP5, and the guidance in the NPPF, which seek to ensure highway safety and mitigate adverse impacts from development.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

LS8 2RY

Application type

Full Planning Application

Scale / size

Small

Date validated

10 November 2025

Consultation start

12 November 2025

Last date for comments

15 December 2025

Target decision date

5 January 2026

Agent address

Benson House 14 Benson Street Leeds LS7 1BL

Statutory period

56 days

Site notice start

24 November 2025

Documents

10