New housing in Leeds City Council
We read Leeds City Council's planning register every day. We hold 20,817 of its planning applications going back to 2017, and 58 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 115% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 115% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 20,817
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 16 | 10 |
| 2025 | 38 | 22 | 11 |
| 2024 | 33 | 24 | 3 |
| 2023 | 51 | 33 | 14 |
| 2022 | 39 | 27 | 8 |
| 2021 | 64 | 48 | 12 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | Alderton Heights Scotland Wood Road Leeds LS17 5LT Demolition of three ten-storey Use Class C3 tower blocks comprising of 180 flats and their ancillary garages 25/03757/DEM | Refused | 25 Jun 2025 |
| 23 | Bramham House Bowcliffe Road Bramham Wetherby LS23 6QY Demolition of existing buildings; construction of 23 dwellings and three apartment blocks comprising 33 apartments; laying out of access road; landscaping works including pavilion building; widening of Freely Lane and… 23/07093/FU | Refused | 24 Nov 2023 |
| 21 | Kingswood House 80 Richardshaw Lane Stanningley Pudsey LS28 6BN Change of use of existing offices at Kingswood House into 21No. residential apartments including alterations to openings, windows and doors, ASHP enclosure to roof and associated works 26/04697/FU | Awaiting decision | 20 Aug 2026 |
| 18 | First Floor Westminster Buildings 31 New York Street Leeds LS2 7DT Listed building application for the conversion of upper floors to create 18 residential apartments with associated services and minor external amendments 25/05063/LI | Approved | 28 Aug 2025 |
| 18 | Bradshaw House 31 Waterloo Lane Bramley Leeds LS13 2JB Determination for the change of use of existing office building (use class E) to 18 No. flats (use class C3) 24/00565/DPD | Approved | 30 Jan 2024 |
| 8 | Otley Clinic Manor Square Otley LS21 3AY Permission in principle for demolition of former Otley Clinic and erection of up to 8 No. residential dwellings 25/07301/PIP | Approved | 16 Dec 2025 |
| 7 | 26 - 27 Park Square West Leeds LS1 2PL Listed building application for change of use of vacant offices to form 7no. residential apartments at 26-27 Park Square West, and create opening at second floor level to form link to existing apartment sited at upper… 25/07482/LI | Withdrawn | 22 Dec 2025 |
| 5 | Land (part Of Field) To The South Of Barnsdale Road (A639) Permission in principle for five new dwellings, including site road, parking and associated landscaping 26/04329/PIP | Refused | 31 Jul 2026 |
| 5 | 116 Old Road Farsley Pudsey LS28 5DH Variation of conditon 2 (approved plans) to previously approved Planning Application 24/01694/FU (Change of use and conversion of the Former Farsley Liberal Club to form five dwellings; new and replacement windows and… 25/06287/FU | Approved | 27 Oct 2025 |
| 4 | Manor Farm 154 Main Street Shadwell Leeds LS17 8JB Demolition of existing pole barn and partial demolition and conversion of agricultural buildings to 4 dwellings with associated landscaping 24/01776/FU | Withdrawn | 26 Mar 2024 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Aberford
- Allerton Bywater
- Bardsey
- Barwick in Elmet
- Boston Spa
- Bramham
- Bramhope
- Calverley
- Carlton (Leeds)
- Collingham (Leeds)
- Drighlington
- East Ardsley
- East Keswick
- Garforth
- Gildersome
- Great Preston
- Guiseley
- Harewood
- Kippax
- Leeds (Leeds)
- Linton (Leeds)
- Lofthouse and Robin Hood
- Methley
- Micklefield
- Mickletown
- Morley (Leeds)
- Otley (Leeds)
- Pool-in-Wharfedale
- Pudsey
- Rawdon
- Rothwell (Leeds)
- Scarcroft
- Scholes (Leeds)
- Shadwell
- Swillington
- Thorner
- Thorp Arch
- Thorpe on the Hill (Leeds)
- Wetherby
- Woodend
- Yeadon
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Leeds City Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.