Sheepscar Tannery Sheepscar Street North Sheepscar Leeds LS7 2BY
Approved on 21 August 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of photovoltaic panels to the roofs of four existing buildings within the tannery site.
- Received
- 3 July 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Leeds City Council
- Ward
- Chapel Allerton
- ReceivedReceived3 Jul
- ValidatedValidated3 Jul
- Consult.Consultation14 Aug
- TargetTarget Date28 Aug
- DecidedDecided21 Aug
Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Sheepscar Tannery Sheepscar Street North Sheepscar Leeds LS7 2BY. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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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Application details
- Postcode
- LS7 2BY
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 July 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 July 2026
- Consultation start
- 8 July 2026
- Last date for comments
- 14 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Andrew Fornsworth Suite F2 31 Harrogate Road Chapel Allerton Leeds LS7 3PD United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 July 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 20
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Buslingthorpe
- Article 4 direction: A4D01
- Brownfield land register: Hill Top Works & Buslingthorpe Tannery, Buslingthorpe LaneRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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