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Dismissed30 September 20266011827

2 Rookwood Avenue, Osmondthorpe, Leeds, LS9 0NW

Planning appeal 6011827 at 2 Rookwood Avenue, Osmondthorpe, Leeds, LS9 0NW (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 30 September 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with regard to noise, disturbance and inconvenience.

a change of use from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to short-term accommodation (Sui Generis)

Authority
Leeds City Council
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
leisure-sport
Postcode
LS9 0NW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with regard to noise, disturbance and inconvenience

What decided it

The likely unacceptable harm to the living conditions of neighbouring residents from the level and pattern of activity associated with short-term guest accommodation, which could not be adequately mitigated by conditions or management measures.

the economic benefits of the business use and the support from some neighbours were outweighed by the unacceptable harm to neighbouring amenity from noise and disturbance

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GP5 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006)Policy P10 of the Core Strategy (as amended by the Core Strategy Selective Review 2019)
National Planning Policy Framework
Policy P3

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