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161 Cardigan Road Headingley Leeds LS6 1LF

26/03673/FUFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 August 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor offices to retail

Received
7 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Headingley & Hyde Park
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 161 Cardigan Road Headingley Leeds LS6 1LF. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker 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 228 applications across Headingley & Hyde Park. We hold 807 applications in total for the LS6 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
LS6 1LF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026
Consultation start
8 July 2026
Last date for comments
29 July 2026
Target decision date
1 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
RIYAT ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
Benson House 14 Benson Street Leeds LS7 1BL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    10 Sep

    Consent, agreement or approval required by conditions 6 (Bin Storage) and 7 (External Areas) of Planning…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions26/04717/COND
  2. 2026
    7 Jul

    Change of use of ground floor offices to retail

    This applicationApprovedFull26/03673/FU

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