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Dismissed8 July 20253358580

2 Claremont Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 4EB

Planning appeal 3358580 at 2 Claremont Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 4EB (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 8 July 2025 by Inspector Armstrong N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area and whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Far Headingley Conservation Area.

Erection of a garden room (retrospective)

Authority
Leeds City Council
Appeal type
householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Armstrong N
Postcode
LS6 4EB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area and whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Far Headingley Conservation Area
  • the effect of the development on adjacent trees
  • the effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties, with particular reference to privacy

What decided it

The use of discordant corrugated sheet material on the garden room's rear and side elevations, which is not sympathetically related to the dwelling or surrounding area and does not reflect the predominant use of traditional materials in the Conservation Area, combined with the failure to demonstrate that the development would not harm adjacent trees, outweighed the modest public benefits claimed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy P10Policy P11Policy P12Policy BD6Policy BC7Policy N19Policy N25Policy GP5Policy HDG2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 215

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