Land Adjacent Pump Lane Haigh Moor Road Leeds WF3 1EH

1. 1.The proposed dwelling would be served by Pump Lane, a constrained and substandard private access which already serves seven existing dwellings and is frequently reduced to a single vehicle width by parked vehicles, refuse storage and other obstructions. Whilst the proposal includes three off-street parking spaces intended to accommodate vehicles currently parked within Pump Lane, no mechanism has been provided to secure their use and therefore their provision cannot be relied upon to prevent continued on-street parking. Furthermore, the submitted parking layout fails to provide adequate manoeuvring space to all parking bays, further limiting their effectiveness and increasing the likelihood that parking would continue within Pump Lane. In addition, it has not been demonstrated that the required visibility splays can be achieved at the junction of Pump Lane and Haigh Moor Road. Consequently, the proposal would intensify the use of a constrained and substandard access, increase the likelihood of conflict between vehicles and pedestrians, and result in vehicles waiting Merrion House 110 Merrion Centre Leeds LS2 8BB Town and Country Planning Act 1990 within Haigh Moor Road or reversing along Pump Lane to the detriment of highway safety. The development would therefore fail to provide safe and suitable access for all users and would result in an unacceptable impact on highway and pedestrian safety, contrary to Core Strategy Policy T2, saved UDP Policy GP5, the Leeds Transport SPD and paragraphs 115 and 116 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
2. 2.The proposed layout would position three parking spaces intended to serve neighbouring properties immediately adjacent to the principal living room window of the proposed dwelling. The resulting vehicle movements, noise, disturbance, headlight glare and associated activity would create an unsatisfactory living environment for future occupants and would fail to provide a good standard of residential amenity. As such, the proposal is contrary to Core Strategy Policy P10, saved UDP Policies GP5 and BD5, the Neighbourhoods for Living SPD and paragraph 135(f) of the National Planning Policy Framework, which seek to secure a high standard of amenity for existing and future users.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

WF3 1EH

Application type

Full Planning Application

Scale / size

Small

Date validated

28 May 2026

Consultation start

29 May 2026

Last date for comments

19 June 2026

Target decision date

23 July 2026

Agent address

Mr Mark Scatchard 1 Oxford Street Guiseley Leeds LS20 9AX

Statutory period

56 days

Documents

15