Unit 17 Sandbeck Park Sandbeck Lane Wetherby LS22 7TW
Refused on 10 February 2026
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Change of use to Class E commercial, business and service
- Received
- 17 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Leeds City Council
- Ward
- Wetherby
- ReceivedReceived17 Dec
- ValidatedValidated17 Dec
- Consult.Consultation30 Jan
- TargetTarget Date11 Feb
- DecidedDecided10 Feb
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 17 Sandbeck Park Sandbeck Lane Wetherby LS22 7TW. 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 300 applications across Wetherby. We hold 1,283 applications in total for the LS22 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 applicant has not provided sufficient evidence to establish that the site benefits from a lawful sui generis use, and based on the information available the LPA considers the most likely existing lawful use to fall within a B8 employment use. As the proposal would thereafter result in the loss of an employment site within an area identified as having an employment land shortfall, Policy EC3 Part B requires evidence that this loss can be adequately offset by the availability of suitable alternative employment sites in the surrounding area. No such assessment has been provided and, in the absence of this, the proposal conflicts with Core Strategy Policy EC3 and relevant guidance within the NPPF.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- LS22 7TW
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wetherby Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 17 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 30 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 9 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Leeds
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