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203 Dewsbury Road Hunslet Leeds LS11 5EG

26/02337/FUFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 28 July 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use from a single dwellinghouse to a small House in Multiple Occupation

Received
5 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hunslet & Riverside
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.26 May
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 203 Dewsbury Road Hunslet Leeds LS11 5EG. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Leeds's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Hunslet & Riverside. We hold 334 applications in total for the LS11 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 change of use to a House in Multiple Occupation would fail to provide an acceptable standard of accommodation for future occupiers. In particular, the proposal fails to provide adequate communal living space, includes loft accommodation that does not demonstrate compliance with the minimum floor-to-ceiling height requirements of the Nationally Described Space Standards, and provides insufficient levels of natural light and outlook to upper floor bedrooms. The development would therefore create a poor quality living environment for future occupants and is contrary to Policies P10 and H6 of the Leeds Core Strategy (Review 2019), policy GP5 of the Unitary Development Plan Review (2006) the emerging HMO, PBSA and Co-living Standards SPD all of which aim of achieve high-quality residential development.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LS11 5EG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2026
Consultation start
5 May 2026
Last date for comments
26 May 2026
Target decision date
23 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
12

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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