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304 York Road Leeds LS9 9DN

26/00782/FUFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 9 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans), 3 (Maximum number of bedrooms) and 4 (Restricted use of store/study) to previously approved Planning Application 25/05182/FU (Change of use from dwelling house (C3) to House in multiple occupation (C4) including new cycle store to rear) for reconfiguration to form a fifth bedroom, changing to a 5 bedroom HMO

Received
10 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 304 York Road Leeds LS9 9DN. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Burmantofts & Richmond Hill. We hold 541 applications in total for the LS9 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 proposed variation to the floor plan, which would introduce an additional bedroom and remove the existing restriction on its use, is not considered acceptable. The altered room would provide a level of usable floorspace significantly below the minimum space standards required for a habitable bedroom, resulting in unacceptable living conditions for future occupants. As such, the proposal would fail to meet the requirements of Core Strategy Policy H9 and would cause harm to residential amenity. The development is therefore contrary to saved Unitary Development Plan Review (2006) Policies GP5 and BD5, Core Strategy (as amended 2019) Policies P10, H9 and H6A(iv), and the National Planning Policy Framework in respect of amenity and noise.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LS9 9DN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Consultation start
20 February 2026
Last date for comments
8 April 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Michael Chow Studio 114 Westbourne Road Huddersfield HD1 4LF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 March 2026

Appeal history

6007897
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 2 July 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    10 Feb

    Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans), 3 (Maximum number of bedrooms) and 4 (Restricted use of…

    This applicationRefusedVariation of conditions (s73)26/00782/FU
  2. 2025
    15 Sep

    Change of use from dwelling house (C3) to House in multiple occupation (C4) including new cycle store to rear

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart of25/05182/FU

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