Land At Garforth Garden Centre Selby Road Garforth Leeds LS25 2AQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/02886/FU - Full Planning Application Refused

Proposal

Change of use of land from garden centre to sports facility with Installation of four illuminated Padel Courts with perimeter fencing; associated works including vehicle parking with EVCP, bicycle and bin storage and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 1 Oct 2026, 09:44

Application progress

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Received

29 May 2026

✓

Consultation

5 Aug 2026

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Refused

30 Sept 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 30 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 20

Site constraints 6

Green belt: South and West Yorkshire

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; SSSI about 427 m away: Roach Lime Hills SSSI.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Leeds
Application type: Full Planning Application
Postcode: LS25 2AQ
Received: 29 May 2026
Validated: 29 May 2026
Ward: Garforth & Swillington
Target decision: 30 Sept 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 30 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: CRL Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 124 days from validation, 68 days slower than Leeds's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 31% of changes of use here are.

This one124d

Council56d

UK56d

61%decided within 8 weeks

69%approved

252decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Leeds in the last twelve months, from validation. Leeds decision record →

Public comments

21comments received

2 objecting1 neutral18 supporting

86% support · above the UK average of 16%

Last counted 1 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 5 Aug 2026
Comments by: 19 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 4 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 24 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Refused

Land Off Cliff Top Park Selby Road Garforth Leeds LS25 2PB

Use of land as a campsite with erection of ancillary building and associated works.

19/01283/FU 19 Mar 2020

Leeds

Planning Authority Score

5.3/10

Average

#131 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Leeds is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #95 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (85%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Leeds decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

83%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #238 of 296

85%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #249 of 296

73%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #95 of 296

33%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #78 of 296

70%

Minor dwellings approved

208 decided (1-9 homes)

86%

Major dwellings approved

36 decided (10+ homes)

68%

Change of use approved

279 decided

3,681

Total decisions

613 refused in the year to March 2026

Land At Garforth Garden Centre Selby Road Garforth Leeds LS25 2AQ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 20

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 7

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 9