Pudsey: Driveway plans at Listed homes withdrawn by applicants

By John Baron

Revised plans in Pudsey to alter the access to Grade II Listed houses in Pudsey have been withdrawn by the applicants.

The joint application by three householders wanted to remove a shared access from Greenside and widen the existing driveway, build two new driveways and add drop kerbs and boundary treatments.

It’s unknown whether the applicants will submit their proposals again.

Initial proposals were refused by council planners in July and had attracted six objections from the public. The council’s highways department had concerns over road safety.

A planning statement submitted with the latest proposals stated: “It is understood that concerns were raised about the removal of the green space outside the listed buildings during the previous application. 

“To overcome these concerns we propose that the extended driveways are formed from a grasscrete (or similar) product that acts to reinforce the grass and provide a stable base for parking on. We have proposed that this is bordered with a stone sett edging to delineate the spaces. Soft landscaping has been proposed around the drives to further mask them.

“It is proposed that low level stone walls are built along the property boundaries to further delineate the spaces and provide each property with a private terrace area.”

The report concluded: “The proposal contained within this application overcomes current parking issues for the three properties referred to and provides them all with their own parking spaces and private external terrace areas. The choice of materials proposed aim to reflect what is currently on site and aim to retain the green space that currently exists.”

Access to two of the driveways would have been via Greenside Grove.

The plans can be read in full here.