Verity House 6 Canal Wharf Holbeck Leeds LS11 5BQ Data via plota.co.uk

25/9/00240/MOD - Non Material Amendment Approved

Proposal

Change of use from offices (use Class E) to hotel accommodation with restaurant / bar and back of house facilities (Use Class C1) including single storey upward extension, four-storey side extension and associated works - NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO 25/02779/FU - Reconfiguration of the basement and ground floor levels in order to improve the hotel's servicing strategy and concentrate back of house facilities where they are closest to the servicing lift. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 4 Dec 2025
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Consultation
4 Dec 2025
✓
Approved
9 Jan 2026

Approved on 9 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Associated applications 7

Site constraints 10

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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
17 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Conservation area about 37 m away: Central Area - Canal Wharf; Radon affected area, class 3; Heritage at risk about 46 m away: Holbeck, Leeds; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Leeds (Leeds) built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1171 m away: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Flood defence about 48 m from the postcode pin (wall, designed for a 1 in 100 year flood).
Not affected
Not green belt · 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 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.

Building

Floor area4,000 m² (43,056 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (asset rating 93)
UseB1 Offices and Workshop businesses
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2019, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Leeds
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
LS11 5BQ
Received
around 4 Dec 2025
Validated
4 Dec 2025
Ward
Beeston & Holbeck
Target decision
16 Jan 2026
Decision
Non Material Amendment Approved
Decision date
9 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Turley
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, about the council's usual 34 days. Approved, as 78% of amendments here are.

82%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
241decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
4 Dec 2025
Comments by
25 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
29 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No
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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.