The Hobby Horse Lovell Park Road Sheepscar Leeds LS7 1DZ
Refused on 26 January 2026
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Temporary change of use (3 years) to provide for public parking
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Leeds City Council
- Ward
- Little London & Woodhouse
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation13 Jan
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided26 Jan
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Hobby Horse Lovell Park Road Sheepscar Leeds LS7 1DZ. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 239 applications across Little London & Woodhouse. We hold 263 applications in total for the LS7 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 considers that the use of the site as long stay commuter car parking within this location would conflict with the Council's transport strategy to restrict commuter car parking (within accessible locations), reduce reliance on the private car, reduce congestion and promote more sustainable patterns of travel. As such the proposal is contrary to Policy T1 of the Leeds Core Strategy (as amended), Policy GP5 of the UDPR and guidance contained within the Transport SPD (policy LPP3) and the NPPF.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- LS7 1DZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 8 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 13 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Nigel Ozier The Granary Spring Hill Office Park Harborough Road Pitsford NN6 9AA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 17 December 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Leeds
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