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16 Woodland Drive Swillington Leeds LS26 8DW

26/01405/FUFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 5 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Single storey side/rear extension and associated car parking

Received
10 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Garforth & Swillington
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 16 Woodland Drive Swillington Leeds LS26 8DW. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 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 117 applications across Garforth & Swillington. We hold 1,811 applications in total for the LS26 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 proposed development would result in the loss of existing car parking provision and generate a significant increase in car parking demand on a street already experiencing existing problems of highway safety and accessibility due to insufficient car parking availability. The proposal would exacerbate these existing problems by increasing on-street parking pressure, thereby increasing the potential for blocked pedestrian footways and vehicular accesses and greater difficulty for vehicles navigating the street. As such, the proposal fails to comply with the Council's vehicle parking guidelines for new development and amounts to significant harms in respect of highway safety and accessibility. The development is therefore contrary to Core Strategy (as amended 2019) policies T2 and P10, saved Unitary Development Plan (Review) (2006) policy GP5, the Transport SPD (2023) and guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework in respect of road safety.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LS26 8DW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swillington Village Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation start
28 April 2026
Last date for comments
19 May 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr T Prideaux 54 LidgateCrescent Pontefract WF9 3RN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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