Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leeds City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,411 approved · 573 refused · 87 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
3 New Adel Avenue Adel Leeds LS16 6BE
Received Not published6 Trinity Rise Otley LS21 1RG
Received Not published2 Colton Road Whitkirk Leeds LS15 9AA
Received Not published2 Colton Road Whitkirk Leeds LS15 9AA
Received Not published3 Woodhall Drive Kirkstall Leeds LS5 3LQ
Received Not published23 Second Avenue Rawdon Leeds LS19 6NH
Received Not published4 Lidgett Park Road Lidgett Park Leeds LS8 1EQ
Received Not published34 Holt Park Crescent Adel Leeds LS16 7SN
Received Not published11 Southlands Avenue Rawdon Leeds LS19 6JN
Received Not published19 King George Avenue Morley Leeds LS27 8LW
Received Not published26 West Park Road Roundhay Leeds LS8 2HB
Received Not publishedCliffe House Day Nursery 9 Adel Square Lane Adel Leeds LS16 8NF
Received Not publishedCliffe House Day Nursery 9 Adel Square Lane Adel Leeds LS16 8NF
Received Not publishedLand At Walled Garden Rose Lodge Temple Newsam
Received Not publishedCemetery Lodge Pool Road Otley LS21 1HL
Received Not published15 Bishopgate Street Leeds LS1 5DY
Received Not published45 New Adel Lane Adel Leeds LS16 6BA
Received Not publishedWalker Court, Units 2 And 3 And Rear Of Unit 1 Walker Court Audby Lane Wetherby LS22 7FD
Received Not published1 Eddison Walk Adel Leeds LS16 8DA
Received Not publishedLand Between Wetherby Road, Skeltons Lane And York Road Leeds LS14
Received Not published20 Albion Place Leeds LS1 6JS
Received Not published20 Albion Place Leeds LS1 6JS
Received Not published41 Westbourne Grove Otley LS21 3LJ
Received Not publishedPine House 1 Spencer Court Shadwell Leeds LS17 8AN
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Leeds City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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