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.
2,506 approved · 604 refused · 89 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Spring Gardens Harewood Leeds LS17 9LL
Received Not published21 Crow Trees Park Rawdon Leeds LS19 6HH
Received Not published8 Clark Spring Close Morley Leeds LS27 9PJ
Received Not published1 - 3 Darfield Avenue Harehills Leeds LS8 5DF
Received Not publishedFormer Arla Foods Depot 87 - 91 Kirkstall Road Burley Leeds
Received Not published23 Linton Grove Alwoodley Leeds LS17 8PS
Received Not published36 Wellington Street Leeds LS1 2DE
Received Not published58 Carr Hill Avenue Calverley Pudsey LS28 5QG
Received Not publishedOld Mill Business Park Gibraltar Island Road Hunslet Leeds LS10 1RJ
Received Not published5 Croft Drive Bramham Wetherby LS23 6RJ
Received Not published43 - 47 Great George Street Leeds LS1 3BB
Received Not publishedEllington House 9 Savannah Way Stourton Leeds LS10 1AB
Received Not published9 North Grove Rise Roundhay Leeds LS8 2NL
Received Not publishedHaighfield Caravan Site Blackmoor Lane Bardsey Leeds LS17 9DY
Received Not published2 Dyneley Grange Bramhope Leeds LS16 9FL
Received Not published12 Torre Drive Burmantofts Leeds LS9 7DH
Received Not publishedJohn Smeaton Leisure Centre Smeaton Approach Manston Leeds LS15 8TA
Received Not publishedArmley Park Court Stanningley Road Leeds LS12 2AE
Received Not published147 Holmsley Lane Woodlesford Leeds LS26 8SB
Received Not publishedSuite 7 Third Floor 99 Mabgate Sheepscar Leeds LS9 7DR
Received Not published175 Adel Lane Adel Leeds LS16 8BY
Received Not publishedCrossgates Working Mens Club Club And Premises Orchard Road Cross Gates Leeds LS15 7LP
Received Not publishedGrange Thorpe Cliffe Drive Rawdon Leeds LS19 6LL
Received Not publishedBlocks 1, 5 And 10 1 St James University Hospital Beckett Street Leeds Harehills LS9 7TF
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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