42 St Martins Avenue Potternewton Leeds LS7 3LG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of C3 residential dwelling to C2 children's care home Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 21 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Oct 2026
Documents 8
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 3
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 2
Site constraints 6
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £50,000 in March 2023. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2024, 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
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 32% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Leeds in the last twelve months, from validation. Leeds decision record →
Public comments
94% object · above the UK average of 74%
Last counted 22 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 10 Sept 2026
- Comments by
- 8 Oct 2026
- Site or press notice
- 17 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 22 Oct 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
11 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.
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