Midland Mills Silver Street Holbeck Leeds LS11 9YW Data via plota.co.uk

26/9/00112/MOD - Non Material Amendment Approved

Proposal

Refurbishment of Midland Mills and the construction of a 32 storey tower comprising a total of 306No. apartments; flexible commercial space (class uses A1/A2/A3/A4/B1) creation of a public realm at Midland Mills NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT to Updating the Mill 1st floor to combine 1no. 2 bed unit and 1no. 3 bed unit to form 1no. 4 bed unit. Updating the Mill 2nd floor to combine 2no. 3 bed units to form 1no. 4 bed unit. Updating the Tower 34th floor to separe the previously formed 1no. 4 bed to form 1no. additional 3 bed unit and 1no. additional 4 bed unit. Updating the Tower 21st floor to seperate the previously combined 2 bed and 3 bed units. Updating the Tower ground floor omit 1no. core door and rearrange the locations of the parcel room, entrance and amenity space division. The most recent approved version of the ground floor was approved under and is drawing 2022-021-B1-XX-DR-A-20440 G.A Plan - Tower Typical Floors 00 - 29. It should be noted there is an updated version included within the current s73 application (25/03926/FU) under drawing 2022-021-B1-XX-DR-A-20440 Rev P02. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Jul 2026
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Approved
21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Associated applications 8

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
Holbeck conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Heritage at risk: Holbeck, Leeds
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Midland Junction Foundry, Grade II, about 10 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Leeds (Leeds) built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1491 m away: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £800,000 in February 2020. Other property, freehold.

28 February 2020£800,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Leeds
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
LS11 9YW
Received
7 Jul 2026
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Ward
Beeston & Holbeck
Target decision
31 Jul 2026
Decision
Non Material Amendment Approved
Decision date
21 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 45 days from validation, 9 days faster than Leeds's median of 54 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 81% of commercial and major works here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
124decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Leeds in the last twelve months, from validation. Leeds decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
31 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Leeds
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#131 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
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%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.