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96 Blue Hill Lane Wortley Leeds LS12 4NU

25/06406/FUFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 4 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)5 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling; erection of apartment building comprised of nine dwellings, with associated access, parking and landscaping works

Received
17 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnley & Wortley
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 96 Blue Hill Lane Wortley Leeds LS12 4NU. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Farnley & Wortley. We hold 303 applications in total for the LS12 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

  1. The Local Planning Authority considers that the development, by reason of its scale, design and layout in this context, would create an incongruous and visually dominant development, which will result in the site being overdeveloped and the proposal failing to respect the overall character and appearance of the surrounding built environment. There is further concern that areas of land alongside the application site, in the applicants ownership, are excluded from the site and that these areas have no obvious use or function in isolation leading to concerns over future maintenance. The development would significantly harm the appearance of the wider locality, contrary to Core Strategy Policy P10, saved policies GP5 and BD5. The proposal also conflicts with the advice given in SPG 13 Neighbourhoods for Living as well as the guidance within the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The site leads to a loss of trees and open areas and results in insufficient space left over for replacement planting and landscaping. The proposal is therefore considered harmful to the landscape character of the site and its surroundings, and contrary to Core Strategy Policies P10 and P12 saved UDP Policies GP5, LD1, and the guidance within the National Planning Policy Framework.
  3. The Local Planning Authority considers that the proposal fails to provide adequate and usable private outdoor amenity space for the future occupiers of the flats. The development is therefore contrary to Core Strategy Policy P10, saved Unitary Development Plan Policies GP5 and BD5, the Councils SPG - Neighbourhoods for Living, and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  4. The scheme has not demonstrated that the proposal will meet the needs for accessible and adaptable housing, contrary to policy H10 of the Core Strategy (Review 2019) and relevant guidance contained within the NPPF (2024).
  5. The application has failed to demonstrate that the site can be adequately drained in accordance with the Leeds CC Minimum Development Control Standards for Flood Risk, contrary to Polices Water 6 and Water 7 of the Natural Resources and Waste Local DPD 2013.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LS12 4NU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2025
Consultation start
18 December 2025
Last date for comments
3 February 2026
Target decision date
11 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Adam Wilson 15 Newland Lincoln LN1 1XG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
38

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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