LPA Profile

What we hold on a single planning authority: appeal behaviour, what they refuse on, which policies they cite, and how current their local plan is. For the national league table and 47-year statistical history, see Council Performance. New: which refusal reasons survive appeal here — measured from real Inspectorate decision letters.

Leeds City Council

GSS E08000035 · Portal: idox (ok) · council register

Applications we hold
2,328
2026-01-21 – 2026-09-10
Refusal rate (our sample)
22.7%
528 of 2,328 — a sample, not the register
Appeals overturned
28.19%
309 allowed of 1,217 appeals
Local plan age
adoption date not published

What this authority refuses on

Classified from the reasons in decision notices we hold for this council. Categories can overlap — one reason often engages more than one issue.

Objection typeReasons
Missing information or evidence4

How this council decides

Measured against the published determination target on 1,675 decisions. Average window from valid date to target: 52 days (the statutory period is 56 days for most applications, 91 for majors).

52%
decided early
(4+ days before target)
31%
on the deadline
(final 3 days)
17%
after the target
47
average days
from valid to decision

This authority is mixed: a substantial share of decisions land after the statutory target, so treat the target as indicative.

Which day decisions land

Mon
17.6%
Tue
21%
Wed
21%
Thu
22.3%
Fri
18.2%

An even working week is 20% a day. Amber marks a day carrying 26% or more.

By application type

TypeDecisionsAfter targetOn deadline
Full 781 20% 39%
Trees 263 13% 13%
Outline 221 8% 36%
Conditions 198 19% 13%
Amendment 110 22% 31%
Advertising 43 19% 28%
Heritage 41 24% 44%

What "after the target" means. Published data cannot distinguish an agreed extension of time from a target that was simply missed — both appear the same way. This measures when the decision was issued relative to the statutory target, and nothing more. Deadline data is currently available for London authorities only.

Agents most active here

Agent / firmApplications
Aire Valley Tree Services Ltd16
Agent12
The Tree Doctor2
eleven52architects2
Design at Source1
Man Go Monkee1
Velocity Tree Services1
Agent Address Mr Richard Platt 74 Town Street Farsley Pudsey LS28 5LF1

Development plan

Leeds Local Plan: Core Strategy (as amended by the Core Strategy Selective Review 2019)
Adoption date not published in the national register · plan period 2017-01-01–2033-01-01
Plan documents

National statistics for this authority →

Councils with data on file

Charnwood (2728) Barnet (2422) Leeds (2328) Dorset (2249) Westminster (2249) Buckinghamshire (2195) BCP (2150) Cornwall (2082) Bromley (2076) Newcastle upon Tyne (2058) Bradford (1958) Gateshead Council (1872) Bath (1852) Ealing (1763) Bristol (1720) Croydon (1634) Brent (1621) Wandsworth (1603) Islington (1504) Enfield (1499) Burnley (1417) Hounslow (1381) Birmingham (1377) Durham (1348)

On the numbers. The refusal rate, officers and agents here are computed from the applications PlanningCore has collected for this authority — for most councils that is a recent sample rather than the full register, and the date range above tells you which. The appeal overturn rate comes from Planning Inspectorate decisions and covers a much longer period. Use the national statistics page for complete, official volumes.

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