The Springs Thorpe Park View Austhorpe Leeds LS15 8GH

1. 1.The Local Planning Authority consider that the encroachment of hardstanding and loss of established trees would have a harmful impact on the maturing structural landscaping of The Springs retail park. The visual harm would be exacerbated by the size, scale and Merrion House 110 Merrion Centre Leeds LS2 8BB Town and Country Planning Act 1990 use of materials of the proposed structures, in particular the proposed sub-station, which would appear as a dominant and poorly designed structure at a key pedestrian entry point into the retail park. Additionally, the proposed replacement planting is poorly considered and highly unlikely to provide successful quantitative or qualitative compensation. Accordingly, the proposals are considered to conflict with Policy P10 of the Leeds Core Strategy (as amended, 2019), Policies GP5, BD5 and LD1 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan Review (2006), Policy Land 2 of the Adopted Natural Resources Waste Local Plan (2013) and guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. 2.The Local Planning Authority consider that the net loss of car parking spaces and failure to provide any assessment of the impact on The Springs car park or local highway network is likely to exacerbate existing peak-time parking pressure, overspill parking, queuing and congestion, all to the detriment of highway safety. It is additionally noted that the poor layout design is such the two wheelchair accessible EV bays fail to accord with PAS 1899 standards in a convenient and safe location. The proposed island planting would also compromise forward visibility on a bend. Accordingly, the proposals are considered to conflict with Policies T1, T2 and P10 of the Leeds Core Strategy (as amended, 2019), Policy GP5 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan Review (2006) and guidance contained within the Leeds Transport SPD and National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

LS15 8GH

Application type

Full Planning Application

Scale / size

Small

Date validated

22 January 2026

Consultation expiry

6 February 2026

Consultation start

23 January 2026

Last date for comments

23 February 2026

Target decision date

19 March 2026

Agent address

Mr Jamie Reynolds Second Floor Exchange Building The Long Walk Dundalk Louth A91 XV5H Ireland

Statutory period

56 days

Last advertised

6 February 2026

Site notice start

2 February 2026

Documents

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