Planning applications
Does planning ever say no?
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Planning rarely says no
Applications decided each quarter, and how many of them were granted. The two lines barely separate: the overwhelming majority of planning applications in Leeds are approved, and that has been true for decades.
Big schemes face tougher odds
Share of decisions granted over each rolling year, split by the size of the development. Major schemes — 10 homes or more, or large commercial floorspace — are refused far more often than householder extensions and other small applications.
How much is being applied for?
New planning applications received each quarter. The long decline since the mid-2000s mirrors the national picture — fewer, larger applications, and more work done under permitted development rights that never reaches a planning application.
What's being applied for near you?
Planning applications from the last 12 months, mapped. Zoom in to split the clusters and click a dot for the details and a link to the council's planning portal. This layer comes from the volunteer-run PlanIt service, not official statistics.
Recent large applications
The most recent large applications — the schemes that change a neighbourhood — with links to the full documents on the council's planning portal. From PlanIt, so descriptions are as the applicant wrote them.
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Sources: MHCLG planning application statistics (PS1/PS2) — official statistics covering every planning authority in England — and, for the map and large-applications list only, PlanIt, a free, donation-supported service that compiles applications from council planning portals. Last updated —.
Every figure on this page comes from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's quarterly returns — the same numbers used in official statistics, from the unrounded open-data tables. The map and the large-applications table are different: they come from PlanIt, a volunteer-run aggregator of council planning portals, and are shown for orientation only — treat them as a guide to what's nearby, not as statistics. If PlanIt is unavailable the map disappears but every chart above still works. "In time" means decided within the statutory period (or an agreed extension); "major" schemes are 10 or more homes or comparable commercial floorspace.