Ilkley Lawn Tennis And Squash Club Stourton Road Ilkley West Yorkshire LS29 9BG Data via plota.co.uk

25/04725/MAF - Major Full Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of four outdoor floodlit padel courts (two covered) including necessary groundworks, re-configuration of grass tennis courts with new grass tournament court and three hard-surfaced floodlit tennis courts. Reconfiguration of clubhouse and improvements to site layout including new site entrance boulevard, re-surfacing and new circular link road, reconfiguration and introduction of new site car parking. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 22 Dec 2025
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Consultation
24 Jun 2026
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Approved
29 Jul 2026

Approved on 29 Jul 2026 · Area Planning Manager · Last checked 4 Oct 2026

Documents 45

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

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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Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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 ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Bradford and South Pennines; Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence 29 m away (natural high ground); Inside the Ilkley built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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 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
Bradford
Application type
Major Full Application
Postcode
LS29 9BG
Received
around 22 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Dec 2025
Ward
Ilkley & Addingham (Ward 15)
Parish
Ilkley Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Aug 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
29 Jul 2026
Decision level
Area Planning Manager
Applicant
Show
Agent
STRI Ltd
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 219 days from validation, 163 days slower than Bradford's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 80% of full applications here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
459decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Bradford in the last twelve months, from validation. Bradford decision record →

Public comments

83comments received
2 neutral81 supporting

98% support · above the UK average of 16%

92 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14570137
Planning Portal ref
PP-14570137
Neighbours
12 Aug 2026
Consultation
24 Jun 2026
Comments by
15 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
12 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
23 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Bradford
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#195 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Bradford ranks #192 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bradford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #188 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #200 of 296
58%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #192 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #148 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
252 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
22 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
101 decided
2,322
Total decisions
323 refused in the year to March 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.