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.
2,453 approved · 588 refused · 88 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Tarn View Road Yeadon Leeds LS19 7TF
Received Not publishedGreenhouse Beeston Road Beeston Leeds LS11 6AD
Received Not publishedDove Cote House 56 Boroughgate Otley LS21 1AE
Received Not published20 Kerry Hill Horsforth Leeds LS18 4AY
Received Not published1 Clarence Grove Horsforth Leeds LS18 4LA
Received Not publishedDove Cote House 56 Boroughgate Otley LS21 1AE
Received Not publishedWoodlesford Primary School Church Street Woodlesford Leeds LS26 8RD
Received Not publishedOulton Primary School Green Lea Oulton Leeds LS26 8NT
Received Not published161 Cardigan Road Headingley Leeds LS6 1LF
Received Not published40 Stony Royd Farsley Pudsey LS28 5JA
Received Not published8 Ashbourne Crescent Garforth Leeds LS25 2HZ
Received Not published3 West End Drive Horsforth Leeds LS18 5JR
Received Not publishedFlat 1 1 Victoria Street Woodhouse Leeds LS3 1BT
Received Not publishedLinfield Grove Road Headingley Leeds LS6 2AB
Received Not published56 Tynwald Drive Moortown Leeds LS17 5EA
Received Not published9 Wyncroft Grove Bramhope Leeds LS16 9DG
Received Not publishedThe Meadows North Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 5HG
Received Not publishedBlackgates Primary Academy Smithy Lane West Ardsley Wakefield WF3 1QQ
Received Not published143 Adel Lane Adel Leeds LS16 8BW
Received Not publishedStreet Lane Recreation Ground Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields East View Gildersome Leeds LS27 7HP
Received Not published542 Foundry Lane Seacroft Leeds LS9 6RF
Received Not published1 Thornville Avenue Hyde Park Leeds LS6 1JS
Received Not published22 Petrel Way Morley Leeds LS27 8GB
Received Not published36 Tinshill Road Cookridge Leeds LS16 7DU
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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