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46 Otley Old Road Cookridge Leeds LS16 6HW

25/06742/FUFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 8 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Single storey side extension, part two storey, part single storey rear extensions, dormer window to rear and hip to gable extension to existing attic bedroom, three rooflight windows to front, addition of porch to front, and removal of chimney.

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weetwood
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 46 Otley Old Road Cookridge Leeds LS16 6HW. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 144 applications across Weetwood. We hold 639 applications in total for the LS16 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 proposed alterations and extensions would, by virtue of their scale, form and massing result in an unacceptable impact on the character of the existing property, thereby resulting in unacceptable harm to visual amenity and the wider streetscene. As such, the proposal fails to comply with Policy P10 of the Leeds Core Strategy, Saved Policies GP5 and BD6 of the Revised Unitary Development Plan (UDPR), Policy HDG1 of the Householder Design Guide SPD and the recommendations of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
  2. The Local Planning Authority considers that the proposed alterations and extensions would, by virtue of their scale, form and position result in an unacceptable increase in levels of overdominance, overshadowing and loss of outlook, to the significant detriment of neighbouring residential amenity. As such, the proposal fails to comply with the recommendations of Policy P10 of the Leeds Core Strategy, Saved Policy GP5 of the Revised Unitary Development Plan (UDPR), the recommendations of Policy HDG2 of the Householder Design Guide SPD and the recommendations of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LS16 6HW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation start
24 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 November 2025
Last date for comments
17 December 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Peter Johnson Innovation House 20 Fink Hill Horsforth Leeds LS18 4DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6005544
Split Decision
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 30 April 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: A4D01
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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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