Planning appeal decision
Jd Gyms, Unit 1, Kirkstall Industrial Park, Kirkstall Road, Leeds, LS4 2AZ
Planning appeal 3290980 at Jd Gyms, Unit 1, Kirkstall Industrial Park, Kirkstall Road, Leeds, LS4 2AZ (Leeds City Council) was allowed on 1 March 2022 by Inspector Nilsson A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the advertisements on the amenity of the area.
Fascia Artwork and Illuminated Elevation Signs
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- advertisement · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Nilsson A
- Postcode
- LS4 2AZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the advertisements on the amenity of the area
What decided it
The vinyl signs work with the architectural grid pattern of the glazed curtain wall and do not cause harmful effects to amenity in this predominantly commercialised area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P10 of the Leeds Core Strategy (2014 Amended 2019)Saved Policies GP5 and BD8 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review) (2006)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 12
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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