Former Site Of Middle Cross Home For Older People Simpson Grove Armley Leeds LS12 1QG Data via plota.co.uk

Decided 25/9/00243/MOD
Council
Leeds 5.3/10
Date received
around 9 Dec 2025
Date validated
9 Dec 2025
Postcode
LS12 1QG

Description

Erection of extra care housing development comprising of 65 apartments, with associated communal facilities and car parking. - NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO - 1 - Introduction of a proposed retaining wall inside of the Northern boundary of the site. 2 - Revised location & size of proposed electric sub-station. 3 - Minor landscaping amendments to suit the proposed retaining wall, amended sub-station footprint and in the Southern courtyard to co-ordinate with external MEP equipment. 4 - The introduction of minor amounts of flag on edge retainment proposed around proposed sub-station. Data via plota.co.uk

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Associated applications 3

Site constraints 4

Article 4 direction
A4D01. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
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Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Leeds (Leeds) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 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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Historical activity at this location

16 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Consent, agreement or approval required by conditions 3, 7, 9, 10 and 12 to planning appl…
25/00159/COND
2024 Approved
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24/9/00010/MOD
2023 Decided
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Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Middlecross Assisted Living Simpson Grove, Wortley Leeds LS12 1QR
Internally illuminated signage to crane
25/02596/ADV
2024 Approved
10 Mitford Road Armley Leeds LS12 1NF
Certificate of Existing Lawful Development for Use as a House in Multiple Occupation
24/02504/CLE
2021 Approved
10B Mitford Place Armley Leeds LS12 1NH
Certificate of Existing Lawful Development for Use as a separate basement flat.
21/01668/CLE
2020 Approved
3 Mitford Road Armley Leeds
Change of use from dwelling house to a HMO
20/08134/FU
2018 Approved
15 Mitford Place Armley Leeds LS12 1NH
Change of use of house (C3) to HMO (C4)
18/07657/FU
2017 Approved
Former Middle Cross Day Centre Middle Cross Home For Older People Simpson Grove Armley Leeds LS12 1QG
Determination for demolition of former day centre
17/08067/DEM
2016 Approved
11 Mitford Terrace Armley Leeds LS12 1NJ
Consent, agreement or approval required by condition 4 of Planning Application 16/04276/FU
16/07376/COND
2016 Approved
11 Mitford Terrace Armley Leeds LS12 1NJ
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2016 Approved
47 Simpson Grove Armley Leeds LS12 1QG
Certificate of existing lawful development for six flats
16/04601/CLE
2016 Approved
12 Mitford Place Armley Leeds LS12 1NH
Dormer to front
16/04867/FU
2016 Approved
17 Simpson Grove Armley Leeds LS12 1QG
Change of use from dwelling (C3) to 4 bedroom HMO (C4).
16/03026/FU
Leeds
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#131 of 296 councils
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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%).

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings