Land Adjacent To Moorfield House Church Street Gildersome Morley Leeds LS27 7AE

1. 1.The proposed development, by reason of the constrained nature of the site, including its size, irregular form, topography and relationship with surrounding residential properties, would result in an over intensive form of development. It has not been demonstrated that two dwellings could be accommodated on the site whilst providing acceptable living conditions for future occupiers and without causing harm to the residential amenity of neighbouring properties through overlooking, overshadowing and overdominance. The proposal is therefore contrary to Core Strategy Policy P10, saved UDP Policies GP5 and Merrion House 110 Merrion Centre Leeds LS2 8BB Town and Country Planning Act 1990 BD5, guidance within the SPG entitled Neighbourhoods for Living and the design and amenity objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. 2.The proposed development, by reason of the constrained and substandard means of access to and from the site, would fail to provide safe a suitable access for all users. The site is served by a narrow and restricted access with limited opportunity to achieve adequate visibility splays, insufficient width to accommodate two-way vehicle movements, and no provision for safe passing or manoeuvring. In addition, the proposal would result in additional vehicle movements onto an already congested section of highway, exacerbating existing parking pressures and increasing the potential for vehicular conflict, reversing manoeuvres and obstruction of the highway, to the detriment of pedestrian and highway safety. Whilst access is reserved for future consideration, the Local Planning Authority is not satisfied that a safe and suitable access can be achieved in principle given the physical constraints of the site and its surroundings. The proposal therefore fails to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the National Planning Policy Framework (in particular paragraph 115), and is contrary to Policy T2 of the Core Strategy and saved UDP Policy GP5, which seek to ensure that development provides safe and appropriate access arrangements.
3. 3.The application also fails to demonstrate that the proposed development can be adequately drained. Whilst the site lies within Flood Zone 1 and is not identified as being at significant risk of flooding, insufficient information has been submitted to establish an acceptable means of foul and surface water disposal. In particular, there are no suitable surface water or foul sewers identified in the vicinity of the site to accommodate the proposed flows, and no Drainage Assessment has been provided to demonstrate that a satisfactory drainage strategy can be achieved. In the absence of this information, the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the development would not increase the risk of flooding on or off site, or that it accords with the drainage hierarchy and sustainable drainage principles. The proposal is therefore contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework (in particular paragraphs 173, 180 and 181), Core Strategy Policy EN5, and the Leeds Flood Risk Management Minimum Development Control Standards for Flood Risk.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

LS27 7AE

Application type

Outline Planning Application

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Gildersome Parish Council

Date validated

6 May 2026

Consultation start

18 June 2026

Last date for comments

28 June 2026

Target decision date

1 July 2026

Statutory period

56 days

Site notice start

28 May 2026

Documents

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