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.
2,431 approved · 579 refused · 88 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
30 Stanmore Street Burley Leeds LS4 2RS
Received Not published14 Ainsty Road Wetherby LS22 7QN
Received Not published22 New Bank Street Morley Leeds LS27 8NA
Received Not published17 Springfield Street Rothwell Leeds LS26 0BP
Received Not published15 St Clair Road Otley LS21 1DE
Received Not publishedBrownberrie School 27 Church Street Boston Spa Wetherby LS23 6DW
Received Not publishedMinerva House 29 - 30 East Parade Leeds LS1 5PS
Received Not publishedLand To The West Of Aberford Road Garforth
Received Not published9 Holman Avenue Garforth Leeds LS25 1HU
Received Not published71 Southway Horsforth Leeds LS18 5RN
Received Not published60 Town Street Armley Leeds LS12 3AA
Received Not publishedElm House 9 Alma Street Woodlesford Leeds LS26 8PN
Received Not published10 South View Terrace Yeadon Leeds LS19 7QL
Received Not publishedKirkstall Brewery Broad Lane Bramley Leeds LS5 3RX
Received Not publishedFlat 1 Grosvenor Lodge 7 Grosvenor Road Headingley Leeds LS6 2DZ
Received Not published54 Moseley Wood Walk Cookridge Leeds LS16 7HG
Received Not published23 Farrar Lane Adel Leeds LS16 6AD
Received Not published82 Kingsdale Gardens Drighlington Bradford BD11 1EZ
Received Not published296 Bradford Road Otley LS21 3LT
Received Not published1 Spen Walk West Park Leeds LS16 5EP
Received Not published13 - 15 East Parade Leeds LS1 2BH
Received Not published50 Burley Lane Horsforth Leeds LS18 4NR
Received Not published2 Dyneley Grange Bramhope Leeds LS16 9FL
Received Not published4 Walton Road Wetherby LS22 6JJ
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage