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.
2,454 approved · 588 refused · 88 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 South View Rothwell Leeds LS26 0NT
Received Not published5 Wedgewood Drive Lidgett Park Leeds LS8 1EF
Received Not publishedGreenacres Esholt Avenue Guiseley LS20 8AX
Received Not published12 Shay Court Woodhouse Leeds LS6 2QL
Received Not published11 The Headrow Leeds LS1 6PU
Received Not published72 Cross Green Lane Halton Leeds LS15 7SB
Received Not publishedCasajagin 36 Hall Drive Bramhope Leeds LS16 9JE
Received Not published105 Leysholme Crescent Wortley Leeds LS12 4HH
Received Not publishedRose Lodge Park Road Colton Leeds LS15 9AJ
Received Not published7 Tibgarth Linton Wetherby LS22 4US
Received Not published55 Brownberrie Avenue Horsforth Leeds LS18 5PW
Received Not publishedBramlea High Ridge Way Bramhope Leeds LS16 9AP
Received Not publishedOffice 5 1 Dolly Lane Burmantofts Leeds LS9 7EB
Received Not published37 Gledhow Wood Grove Gledhow Leeds LS8 1NZ
Received Not publishedPhoenix House 2 Sterling Way Tingley WF3 1WE
Received Not published11 Lee Orchards Boston Spa Wetherby LS23 6BJ
Received Not published42 Montagu Crescent Roundhay Leeds LS8 2RF
Received Not published314 York Road Leeds LS9 9DN
Received Not published10 Hillidge Square Hunslet Leeds LS10 1DB
Received Not publishedCentral Square 29 Wellington Street Leeds LS1 4DL
Received Not published14 Conway Drive Harehills Leeds LS8 5JG
Received Not published21 Manor Park Scarcroft Leeds LS14 3BW
Received Not published76 Hough Side Road Pudsey LS28 9JJ
Received Not publishedWood Hill Calverley Lane Farsley Pudsey LS28 5QQ
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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