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161 Austhorpe Lane Austhorpe Leeds LS15 8LZ

26/04053/FUFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 16 September 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for a fence to front and side

Received
28 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 18 October 2026
Ward
Crossgates & Whinmoor
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target22 Sep
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 161 Austhorpe Lane Austhorpe Leeds LS15 8LZ. Leeds has handled 10,776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Crossgates & Whinmoor. We hold 1,087 applications in total for the LS15 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 Local Planning Authority consider the retrospective boundary treatment, by reason of its height, siting, materials and prominence within the street results in a hard, defensive and out of character feature that detracts from the prevailing character of openness and significantly harms the visual amenity and character of the streetscene. As such, the proposal is contrary to the aims and intentions of policies GP5 and N25 of the UDP Review (2006), policy P10 of the Core Strategy (as amended 2019), Policy HDG1 of the Householder Design Guide and policy DP3 of the Framework.
  2. The Local Planning Authority consider that the height and siting of the fence to the front and side significantly restricts intervisibility between vehicles exiting the application site and the neighbouring dwelling, and pedestrians and vehicles on Austhorpe Lane. As such, the proposal harms highway safety, contrary to Policy P10 of the Core Strategy (as amended, 2019), saved Policy GP5 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review, 2006), and Policy TR4(c)(i) of the Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LS15 8LZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2026
Consultation start
30 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
30 July 2026
Last date for comments
22 August 2026
Target decision date
22 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
161 Austhorpe Lane Leeds Yorkshire LS15 8LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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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