Land To The Rear Of 14 Cross Hills Kippax Leeds LS25 7JP

1. 1.The Local Planning Authority considers that the retention of the storage unit and associated parking and access arrangements linked to it would result in unacceptable harm to highway safety. The storage unit relies on substandard access points onto Cross Hill, including limited visibility at the eastern access and inadequate width at the western access, which are likely to give rise to unsafe vehicle movements, conflict with other road users, and dangerous manoeuvres, including the potential need for vehicles to reverse onto the public highway. In addition to this harm, the LPA considers that the applicant has failed to demonstrate that altered residential car park (impacted by the retrospective storage unity) can be adequately served by safe and appropriate parking and access. Conflicting and insufficient information has been provided in respect of parking layouts and vehicle Merrion House 110 Merrion Centre Leeds LS2 8BB Town and Country Planning Act 1990 manoeuvring, such that the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that vehicles associated with the development can safely enter, exit and operate within the site. The retrospective development is therefore contrary to Policies T2 and P10 of the Leeds Core Strategy (as amended, 2019), saved Policy GP5 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan Review (2006), and fails to satisfy Article 7 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015.
2. 2.The Local Planning Authority considers that the storage unit/outbuilding to have a detrimental impact on visual amenity by reason of its excessive size and scale, and encroachment on the adjacent plot. This would lead to a form of development that is over- dominating in terms of appearance and detrimental to the spatial character of the wider streetscene. As such, the proposal is contrary to policy P10 of the Core Strategy (2019), saved Unitary Development Plan Review (2006) policies GP5 and BD6, policy BE1 of the Kippax Neighbourhood Plan, and guidance contained within section 12 of the Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

LS25 7JP

Application type

Full Planning Application

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Kippax Parish Council

Date validated

2 March 2026

Consultation expiry

20 March 2026

Consultation start

9 March 2026

Last date for comments

27 April 2026

Target decision date

27 April 2026

Agent address

Mrs Beattie Coronet House Queens Street Leeds LS1 2TW

Statutory period

56 days

Last advertised

20 March 2026

Site notice start

2 April 2026

Documents

14