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Allowed15 March 20243334127

Burley Library, 230 Cardigan Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 1QL

Planning appeal 3334127 at Burley Library, 230 Cardigan Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 1QL (Leeds City Council) was allowed on 15 March 2024 by Inspector Hunt S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the co-living proposals would provide acceptable living conditions for future residents in terms of the provision of private living space.

Change of use of the former Burley Library and the erection of a six storey extension to create a co-living scheme (sui generis) with associated communal facilities, a work hub at ground floor level and basement parking. Appeal B: APP/N4720/Y/24/3336966 Burley Library, 230 Cardigan Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 1QL

Authority
Leeds City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Hunt S
Postcode
LS6 1QL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the co-living proposals would provide acceptable living conditions for future residents in terms of the provision of private living space
  • Whether the proposals would preserve a Grade II listed building, Burley Branch Library including front railings (ref. 1440604), and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses

What decided it

The securing of an optimum viable use for the long-vacant and deteriorating listed library through sensitive restoration was found to outweigh the less than substantial harm to its significance.

The public benefits of the scheme, particularly securing the optimum viable use of the listed building through restoration, outweighed the less than substantial harm to the significance of the heritage asset.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS policy H9CS policy P10UDP policy BD5UDP policies N14, N15 and N16CS policy H5CS policies G3 to G5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 135Paragraph 203Paragraph 205Paragraph 206Paragraph 208Paragraph 56Paragraph 57

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