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Hope Farm Leeds Road Otley LS21 3BW

26/00634/FUFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 26 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) to previously approved Planning Application 19/01044/FU (Erection of agricultural storage building and construction of access track including retention of partly constructed track) for changes to the height, footprint, design and materials of the original plans.

Received
2 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Otley & Yeadon
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Hope Farm Leeds Road Otley LS21 3BW. 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 has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Otley & Yeadon. We hold 384 applications in total for the LS21 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 proposal represents significant alteration and extension, in footprint and height, as well as changes to the design and materials of the building approved under 19/01044/FU. The proposal is not justified in agricultural terms and is thereby considered to alter the scope of the original permission leading to a fundamental change to the operative part of the development previously granted planning permission. Accordingly, it is considered that the proposal would fall outside the powers of the Local Planning Authority to grant planning permission for the development under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) and the planning application must fail on this basis.
  2. The Local Planning Authority consider that the proposal would enlarge the building in both spatial and visual terms as well as give the building a more formal visual appearance. No justification has been provided for the variation to the appearance of the building or to suggest an enlarged building is required for agricultural purposes. Consequently the proposal would adversely affect the character and appearance of the Green Belt and cause a significant loss of openness of the Green Belt. Merrion House 110 Merrion Centre Leeds LS2 8BB Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Overall, therefore the proposal is considered to be contrary to saved policy N33 of the UDPR, to policies P10 and P12 of the Core Strategy, and to paragraphs 153-155 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LS21 3BW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Otley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation start
10 February 2026
Last date for comments
19 March 2026
Target decision date
30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Andrew Windress 9 York Place Leeds LS1 2DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Leeds
  • Local nature reserve: Chevin Forest ParkNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, 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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