2 Richmond Close Rothwell Leeds LS26 0LS
Refused on 6 February 2026
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Retrospective application for boundary fencing and associated gates
- Received
- 12 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Leeds City Council
- Ward
- Rothwell
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation31 Jan
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 2 Richmond Close Rothwell Leeds LS26 0LS. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 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 159 applications across Rothwell. We hold 1,811 applications in total for the LS26 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
- The Local Planning Authority consider that the proposed boundary treatment, by reason of its siting, height, materials, scale and prominence, are wholly out of keeping with the otherwise low and verdant frontage boundary treatments within the streetscenes of Richmond Close and Haigh Road. As such, the proposal results in an alien and incongruous form of development that is detrimental to the character and appearance of the streetscene and the wider area. The development is therefore contrary to the development plan, and in particular to Policy P10 of the Leeds Core Strategy (amended, 2019), Saved Policies GP5 and N25 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review, 2006) and the associated policies of the National Planning Policy Framework. Together, amongst other things, these policies require new development to deliver high quality design with boundaries designed in a
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- LS26 0LS
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 9 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 31 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
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.
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