Planning in Leeds
Leeds City Council has 80 conservation areas and 1 Article 4 direction areas on the national planning data platform, plus 2,368 listed building outlines.
Conservation areas
80
Article 4 directions
1
Listed building outlines
2,368
Planning applications
–
not published yet
Check what you can build — with AI
Planium reads the conservation area appraisal, Article 4 directions and local plan policies for Leeds and tells you whether your extension, loft conversion or change of use needs planning permission.
Conservation areas
- ABERFORDdesignated 30 May 2011
- ADEL - SAINT JOHNSdesignated 2 November 2009
- ARMLEYdesignated 19 October 2007
- ARMLEY MILLSdesignated 14 March 1973
- BARDSEY-CUM-RIGTONdesignated 16 March 2009
- BARWICK IN ELMETdesignated 22 March 2010
- BEESTON - STANK HALLdesignated 28 January 1987
- BOSTON SPAdesignated 5 October 2009
- BRAMHAMdesignated 17 May 2010
- BRAMHOPEdesignated 30 May 2011
- BRAMLEY - HILL TOPdesignated 3 July 1974
- BRAMLEY TOWNdesignated 11 May 2009
- BURLEY - THE VILLAGEdesignated 2 April 1986
- BUSLINGTHORPEdesignated 3 December 2009
- CALVERLEYdesignated 9 April 2009
- CALVERLEY BRIDGEdesignated 15 February 1984
- CENTRAL AREA - CANAL WHARFdesignated 13 June 1979
- CENTRAL AREA - EASTERN RIVERSIDEdesignated 17 March 1994
- CENTRAL AREA - QUEEN SQUAREdesignated 29 June 1973
- CHAPEL ALLERTONdesignated 22 October 2008
- CHAPELTOWNdesignated 19 October 2007
- CLIFFORDdesignated 17 May 2010
- COLLINGHAMdesignated 22 February 2010
- COLTONdesignated 16 July 1982
- EAST KESWICKdesignated 24 December 1974
- FAR HEADINGLEYdesignated 10 November 2008
- FARNLEY - UPPER MOOR SIDEdesignated 5 June 2017
- FARSLEYdesignated 17 May 2010
- GLEDHOW VALLEYdesignated 12 December 2006
- GRAND QUARTERdesignated 20 November 2017
- GUISELEYdesignated 16 January 2012
- HAREWOODdesignated 9 September 1976
- HEADINGLEYdesignated 17 May 2012
- HEADINGLEY HILL & HYDE PARK & WOODHOUSE MOORdesignated 17 May 2012
- HOLBECKdesignated 10 April 2006
- HORSFORTHdesignated 10 November 2008
- HORSFORTH CRAGG HILL & WOODSIDEdesignated 8 August 2011
- KIRKSTALL ABBEYdesignated 4 March 1974
- LEDSHAMdesignated 23 February 1983
- LEEDS CITY CENTREdesignated 27 June 1979
- LINTONdesignated 22 February 2010
- MABGATEdesignated 12 August 2022
- MEANWOODdesignated 8 December 2008
- METHLEY CHURCH SIDEdesignated 22 October 2008
- MORLEYdesignated 21 January 2025
- NETHER YEADONdesignated 1 July 2015
- NEWLAYdesignated 10 November 2008
- OTLEYdesignated 15 December 2003
- OULTONdesignated 17 May 2010
- POOL-IN-WHARFEDALEdesignated 21 September 2009
- PUDSEYdesignated 9 April 2009
- PUDSEY - FULNECKdesignated 1 June 1972
- RAWDON - CRAGG WOODdesignated 14 July 2020
- RAWDON - LITTLE LONDONdesignated 6 June 2011
- RAWDON - LITTLEMOORdesignated 2 June 2011
- RAWDON - LOW GREENdesignated 30 May 2011
- RODLEYdesignated 11 June 1975
- ROTHWELLdesignated 17 May 2010
- ROUNDHAYdesignated 14 September 2004
- SCARCROFTdesignated 21 March 1975
- SCHOLESdesignated 30 April 2012
- SEACROFT - DAWSONS COURTdesignated 20 December 1972
- SHADWELLdesignated 25 September 2012
- SHADWELL HOLYWELL TRIANGLEdesignated 8 November 2019
- THORNERdesignated 12 January 2009
- THORP ARCHdesignated 5 October 2009
- TRANMERE PARKdesignated 28 March 2013
- WALTONdesignated 1 October 1981
- WEETWOODdesignated 9 August 2010
- WEST PARKdesignated 10 November 2008
- WETHERBYdesignated 1 March 2010
- WHITKIRKdesignated 16 March 2009
- WOODHALL HILLSdesignated 22 March 2010
- WOODHOUSE - BLENHEIM SQUAREdesignated 20 December 1978
- WOODHOUSE - CLARENDON ROADdesignated 17 July 1974
- WOODHOUSE - HANOVER SQUARE / WOODHOUSE SQUAREdesignated 22 March 1973
- WOODHOUSE - MOORLANDSdesignated 29 July 1987
- WOODHOUSE LANE / UNIVERSITY PRECINCTdesignated 7 February 1979
- WOODLESFORDdesignated 27 June 2011
- YEADONdesignated 16 January 2012
Article 4 directions
- A4D0110 February 2012
Frequently asked questions
Is my property in a conservation area in Leeds?
Leeds City Council has designated 80 conservation areas, listed on this page with their designation dates and appraisal documents where the council publishes them. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are narrower: cladding, some extensions, roof alterations and satellite dishes on the front elevation may need planning permission, and demolition of most buildings needs consent.
What is an Article 4 direction?
An Article 4 direction removes specific permitted development rights in a defined area, so work that would normally not need planning permission — for example replacing windows, changing a house into a small HMO or altering front boundaries — does need an application. Leeds has 1 Article 4 direction areas recorded on planning.data.gov.uk.
How do I check what I am allowed to build?
Start with the designations on the site (conservation area, Article 4, listed building), then the local plan policies and any design codes. Planium can read the council’s appraisal and policy documents and summarise what applies to your project, including whether permitted development is available.
Leeds City Council website · All local planning authorities
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Open Government Licence v3.0) · Retrieved 2026-10-09