Former Yorkshire Post Site Land South Of Wellington Street And West Of Wellington Way Leeds Data via plota.co.uk

26/05099/FU - Full Planning Application Current

Proposal

Full planning application for site clearance and demolition, the erection of two buildings for office-led use (Class E) with supporting commercial, business and service (Class E), and/or drinking establishment (Sui Generis), and/or beauty/health clinic (Sui Generis) uses, hard/soft landscaping works, modifications to access and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 03:22

Application progress

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Received

around 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation

22 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 10 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision soon after comments close on 6 Nov 2026, from Leeds's recent commercial and major works.

Comments are open until 6 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 52

Statements & assessments 18

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Article 4 direction

A4D01. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Leeds (Leeds) built-up area; National infrastructure project 1050 m away: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application.

Not affected

Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, 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
Received: around 10 Sept 2026
Validated: 10 Sept 2026
Ward: Little London & Woodhouse
Target decision: 10 Dec 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Quod

Decision outlook

Day 29 of the 56-day target. Leeds usually decides commercial and major works by day 55.

prediction

Day 2929 days to the predicted decision (day 58)

67%decided within 8 weeks

82%approved

123decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Leeds in the last twelve months, from validation. Leeds decision record →

Public comments

2comments received

1 objecting1 supporting

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 22 Sept 2026
Comments by: 6 Nov 2026
Site or press notice: 24 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 10 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

Leeds

Planning Authority Score

5.3/10

Average

#131 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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