Parking concerns have scuppered plans to transform a storage facility into an auction house in Stanningley.
Applicant Kevin Miles proposed to sell household items from house clearances at J Miles Ltd, in Grove Street, Stanningley.
Items would be listed online, with one in-person auction per week on Saturdays between 9am and 1pm.
The applicant anticipated 20 visitors maximum to the site during auction days. Parking for visitors was proposed along Grove Street, an unadopted road. The existing warehouse would include a new WC and office space.
But council planning officers refused the application amid parking concerns.
A planning officer’s report concluded: “The proposal has not demonstrated that the change of use can provide sufficient highway and footway width along Grove Street or the quantum of car parking bays to serve the auction house, and so is considered a risk to highway safety.
“The proposal has not demonstrated that users of the facility would not need to park on Arthur Street or surrounding streets.”
The plans can be read in full here.