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344 Meanwood Road Meanwood Leeds LS7 2JF

26/01807/FUFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 23 June 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Retrospective application for the conversion of an existing dwelling to form four self-contained flats with alterations including new stairs and light well to lower ground floor front; new external stairs to ground floor rear, alterations to fenestration, hard and soft landscaping works.

Received
29 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chapel Allerton
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target24 Jun
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 344 Meanwood Road Meanwood Leeds LS7 2JF. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 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 133 applications across Chapel Allerton. We hold 263 applications in total for the LS7 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 second floor flat would, as a result of its small size and layout, fail to meet the space standards established within Core Strategy Policy H9 and would fail to provide an acceptable level of amenity as a result. As such the proposal would be contrary to the wider aims of Leeds Core Strategy policies P10, H9 and H6, saved Unitary Development Plan policy GP5, and the guidance contained within the Neighbourhoods for Living SPG and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The Local Planning Authority considers that the change of use of the property to four residential flats, none of which would be a family sized or appropriate unit, would contribute to wider housing mix concerns in the locality as a result of the loss of family accommodation at the site. As such the proposal is contrary to the wider aims of Leeds Core Strategy policy H6 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LS7 2JF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2026
Consultation start
29 April 2026
Last date for comments
20 May 2026
Target decision date
24 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

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

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