®Planning appeal decision
12 Hyde Park Terrace, Leeds, LS6 1BJ
Planning appeal 6009737 at 12 Hyde Park Terrace, Leeds, LS6 1BJ (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 21 September 2026 by Inspector A M Nilsson, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for the future occupiers.
Change of use from 9-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (sui generis) to six self-contained flats (C3 use), including roof lights to front and rear, existing arch to be infilled, new exit door and new door to form storage area to lower ground floor to rear and existing garden level to be amended to create light well for new basement window to front
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- A M Nilsson
- Postcode
- LS6 1BJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for the future occupiers
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with particular regard to the provision of car parking and cycle storage
What decided it
The proposal would fail to provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, particularly flat 6, and would be harmful to highway safety due to insufficient parking provision, contrary to the development plan.
The limited benefits of housing supply contribution, HMO reduction and building reuse were outweighed by the substantial harm to living conditions and highway safety.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H9 of the Leeds Core Strategy (2019)Policy H6 of the Leeds Core Strategy (2019)Policy P10 of the Leeds Core Strategy (2019)Policy T2 of the Leeds Core Strategy (2019)Policy GP5 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006)
- Judgments
- Holborn Studios Limited v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney (2017) EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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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