Rooflight planning approval rate in Leeds
91% of 395 decided rooflight applications in Leeds were approved.
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
A similar project nearby can help you understand the council's decisions. Its outcome does not establish what will be acceptable at your address.
91%
Approval rate, all years, from 395 decided
395
decided rooflight applications in Leeds: 359 approved, 36 refused
89%
Recent rate, decided since 2022, from 233 decided
How to read these rates
These are historical outcomes for the applications in our archive, not the chance of approval for your property. Compare the same project type and read the decided count alongside each percentage.
About the planning data
Rate = approved divided by approved plus refused, using the decisions in our classified archive. Rates are withheld as unknown where fewer than 8 records of that project type were decided. Withdrawn applications are excluded.
Recent means records dated 2022 or later. Records without a year are excluded from the recent rate but remain in the all-years figure. Historical coverage varies by council, and duplicate application references may remain in the archive.
Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England. The wider 20.6 million application catalogue is accessible through PlanIT; it is not the dataset used to calculate these percentages.
Read the full methodology and coverage notes.
Project types and outcomes are classified from council records. Check the original application and decision notice before relying on an individual example. A page rebuild does not mean every council record has just been refreshed.
Example rooflight decisions in Leeds
These examples deliberately include approved and refused applications where available. They are not a representative sample or a list of the latest decisions. Look up each reference on the council's planning search to read the plans and decision notice.
| Reference | Year | Decision | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25/04538/FU | 2026 | Approved | Demolition of existing outbuilding and lean-to extension; replacement of existing roof, roof lights and guttering incorporating new roof mounted PV panels; r... Unit 22 Millshaw Park Lane Beeston Leeds LS11 0HF |
| 25/06165/FU | 2026 | Approved | Addition of windows, roof lights and sun tunnels throughout; additional door to lower ground level; ground works to form lightwells and sunken terrace at low... 116 Cardigan Road Headingley Leeds LS6 3BJ |
| 25/06170/CLP | 2026 | Refused | Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for alterations to windows and insertion of rooflights Grove Lodge 254 Main Street Shadwell Leeds LS17 8LB |
| 25/06732/FU | 2026 | Approved | New roof lights to front/rear and new first floor window to side 2 Mackintosh Mews Horsforth Leeds LS18 4FT |
| 25/07336/FU | 2026 | Refused | Hip to gable roof conversion with addition of dormer with windows to side and roof lights to other side to form rooms in roof space 14 Church Avenue Gildersome Leeds LS27 7BU |
| 26/00246/CLP | 2026 | Refused | Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for a roof extension to create gable to side, dormer window to the rear, rooflights to the front, and alterations... 5 Carr Manor Crescent Moortown Leeds LS17 5DD |
About the planning data
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
Other project types in Leeds
- Single-storey rear extension 92%, 1,594 decided
- Two-storey rear extension 84%, 769 decided
- Wraparound extension 91%, 375 decided
- Side extension 88%, 966 decided
- Loft conversion and dormer 80%, 429 decided
- Outbuilding and garden room 80%, 205 decided
- Porch 90%, 144 decided
- Garage conversion 89%, 151 decided
- Basement 81%, 118 decided
- Window and door 91%, 372 decided