Wellhouse Farm Ridge Road Micklefield Leeds LS25 4BA Data via plota.co.uk

26/03203/DPD - Permitted Development Determination Decided

Proposal

Prior approval for a change of use of an agricultural building to use the building for indoor sport and recreation (Class E) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:59

Application progress

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Received

4 Jun 2026

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Consultation

8 Jun 2026

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Decided

29 Jul 2026

Decided on 29 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Jul 2026

Documents 5

Site constraints 5

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.

Public footpath about 23 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.

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: Permitted Development Determination
Postcode: LS25 4BA
Received: 4 Jun 2026
Validated: 4 Jun 2026
Ward: Kippax & Methley
Parish: Micklefield Parish Council
Target decision: 24 Jul 2026
Decision date: 29 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Gallagher Planning

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 30 Jul 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 8 Jun 2026
Comments by: 9 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 17 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

2024 Approved

Field 5400 Wellhouse Farm Ridge Road Micklefield Leeds LS25 4BA

Change of use of agricultural land and the creation of a private manege including post an…

24/06858/FU 9 May 2025

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

Wellhouse Farm Ridge Road Micklefield Leeds LS25 4BA Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 1

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 2

Other documents 1