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.
2,438 approved · 582 refused · 88 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Leeds Bradford Airport Premier Inn Victoria Avenue Yeadon Leeds LS19 7AW
Received Not published119 Woodland Road Halton Leeds LS15 7DN
Received Not published37 Armley Grange Avenue Armley Leeds LS12 3QN
Received Not published49 Oakwood Road Wetherby LS22 7QY
Received Not published36 Oxford Avenue Guiseley Leeds LS20 9BX
Received Not published90 Street Lane Roundhay Leeds LS8 2AL
Received Not publishedFormer Hough Side High School Site Hough Top Swinnow LS13
Received Not publishedWrays Building Unit A Ground Floor 5 -7 Sidney Street & Harewood Street Leeds LS1 7JH
Received Not publishedThe Barn Bayton House Bayton Lane Horsforth Leeds LS18 5EY
Received Not published14 Beechwood Shopping Centre Church Street Woodlesford Leeds LS26 8RE
Received Not publishedLand Formerly St Josephs Convalescent Home Outwood Lane Horsforth Leeds LS18 4GT
Received Not publishedSt Francis Of Assisi Church Westfield Road Morley Leeds LS27 9NF
Received Not published12 Alwoodley Lane Alwoodley Leeds LS17 7PX
Received Not publishedMercure Hotel Leeds Road Collingham Wetherby LS22 5HE
Received Not publishedFieldhead Old Pool Bank Pool In Wharfedale Otley LS21 3BS
Received Not publishedWrays Building Unit A Ground Floor 5 -7 Sidney Street & Harewood Street Leeds LS1 7JH
Received Not published1 Wellroyd Knott Lane Rawdon Leeds LS19 6JW
Received Not published3 Heydon Close Meanwood Leeds LS6 4QR
Received Not published6 Hillcrest Rise Cookridge Leeds LS16 7DL
Received Not publishedWaitrose Green Road Meanwood Leeds LS6 4RJ
Received Not publishedFair Mead Farm Pool Bank New Road Pool In Wharfedale Otley Leeds LS21 1EU
Received Not published133 Briggate Leeds LS1 6BR
Received Not publishedSt Johns Church New Briggate Leeds LS2 8JD
Received Not publishedLand Off Pontefract Lane Richmond Hill Leeds
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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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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