Data shared with the Yorkshire Evening Post by planning data platform PlanningLens shows the approval rates for planning applications across Leeds wards.
Overall, Leeds has an 86.6 per cent approval rate across nearly 45,000 applications. Little London & Woodhouse have the highest approval rate at 94.1 per cent - 16 percentage points higher than the ward with the lowest approval rate.
Here are the 10 areas in Leeds where securing planning permission is most difficult, starting with the 10th worst:
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1. Middleton Park
497 applications resulted in 422 approvals and 75 refusals, with an 84.9% approval rate. | Tony Johnson
2. Harewood
In 2,847 cases, 2,393 got approval while 454 were refused, producing an 84.1% approval rate. | Adobe Stock
3. Cross Gates & Whinmoor
Of 849 decisions, 714 were approved and 135 refused, resulting in an 84.1% approval rate. | James Hardisty
4. Rothwell
1,043 planning applications saw 872 approvals and 171 refusals, giving an 83.6% success rate. | Yorkshire Post Newspapers
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5. Kippax & Methley
From 861 decisions, 716 were approved and 145 refused, with an 83.2% approval rate. | Google
6. Alwoodley
1,596 planning cases yielded 1,327 approvals and 269 refusals, an 83.1% approval rate. | Google