®Planning appeal decision
Unit 1 Leslie Terrace, Woodhouse, LEEDS, LS6 2PR
retrospective application for change of use including alterations to private hire taxi rank to form tyre changing and repair facility
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Housden S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of adjoining occupiers, having particular regard to noise and disturbance
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety, having particular regard to the safety and free passage of all highway users
What decided it
The harm to character and appearance from the prominent boundary wall and fence, combined with the unmitigated noise and disturbance to adjoining occupiers from mechanical and industrial noise, outweighed the economic benefits and reuse of the building.
The economic benefit of the business, reuse of the building and availability of a local service were outweighed by the conflict with development plan policies regarding character and appearance and living conditions.
Plan policies cited: Policy N25 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (2006), Policy P10 of the Leeds Core Strategy (2019), Policy GP5 of the UDP, CS Policy T2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.