This page carries links to the evidence supporting our draft policies.
The list below supplies links to documents and external websites under the main Policy areas and their individual policies – Housing, Heritage, Green spaces, Community, Economy and employment, Movement and Projects.
Vision and Introduction
Little Woodhouse Ways – The Walks – September 2023 logos
Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Design Statement Supplementary Planning Document 2011
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/revised-national-planning-policy-framework
HOUSING
H1 Balanced community
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-planning-policy-framework–2
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/planning/planning-permission/how-we-decide-on-planning-permission-for-hmos
- Survey of housing needs – Rosebank Primary School 2021 Rosebank School Housing Meeting 22-01-2021 and Parents survey Jan 2021 and Nov 2019
- LWNPF Impacts of student population in Little Woodhouse – 2024
- Accommodation for students and impacts on residential neighbourhoods – Leeds Student Accommodation Working Group LCC Dec 2014
H2 Housing mix
- Survey of housing needs – Rosebank Primary School 2021 Rosebank School Housing Survey Jan 2021 and Notes from emails and surveys
- Rosebank School Housing Meeting 22-01-2021 and Parents survey Jan 2021 and Nov 2019
- Low Impact Living Affordable Community LILAC Housing Cooperative https://www.lilac.coop
- Chapeltown co-housing scheme Chaco https://www.chapeltowncohousing.org.uk
- ShangriLeeds a developing multi generational co-housing group https://www.facebook.com/groups/shangrileeds
- Unipol – The Forward Look 2023 - 2026 p.17 https://www.unipol.org.uk/governance/corporate-documents-unipol-board/forwardlook/
- Neighbourhoods for Living LCC 2003
H3 Purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA)
- LWNPF Survey of student views of student accommodation 2019 and 2021
- LWNPF – LBU urban planning masters student project report – Space Standards evidence for PBSA design code and policies H3 and H4 Space standards H9 Hardie, Smith & Wiley 2023
- LCC Neighbourhoods for Living 2003 p. 51
- The National Codes of Standards for Larger Developments for student accommodation ANUK/Unipol 2019/2022 https://www.nationalcode.org/download-codes
- Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Planning Forum –PBSA Student accommodation design code
- LWNPF List of references in PBSA design code v7 September 2023
H4 Conversion to student accommodation
- LWNPF Summary of planning applications for conversions to student accommodation in Little Woodhouse Planning Applications for student conversions[18534]
- https://equality.leeds.ac.uk/equality-data/student-data/student-data-2023/#regi
- LWNPF Impacts of student population in Little Woodhouse – 2024
- Unipol Code for Shared Student Housing in the Private Sector of Leeds 2021 – 2024 https://www.unipol.org.uk/the-code
H5 Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs)
- https://datamillnorth.org/dataset/housing-of-multiple-occupation-licence-register
- Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs): Development Practice Note LCC May 2019 ttps://www.leeds.gov.uk/planning/planning-permission/how-we-decide-on-planning-permission-for-hmos
- LWNPF Impacts of student population in Little Woodhouse – 2024
- LWNPF Bin collection questionnaire responses 2021
- LWNPF Food and drink outlets in Little Woodhouse 2021
- Unipol accommodation summary report 2016 Unipol Accommodation Summary Report @ 07 03 2017
- Unipol Landlord briefing 2022 – trends in Student accommodation Unipol Landlord briefing 2022
- Unipol Leeds – Assessment of the student housing market 2023 https://www.unipol.org.uk/news/leeds-student-housing-research/
H6 Affordable housing
- Affordable Housing Contributions arising from Purpose Built Student Accommodation SPD – Nottingham City Council May 2021 https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/media/3374000/affordable-housing-contributions-arising-from-pbsa-spd.pdf
- Affordable housing assessment – Leeds Beckett University Planning Student Study 2021
- LWNPF – LBU urban planning masters student project report Affordable Housing issues Lever, Shelton, Gohil & Goba 2023
HERITAGE AND CHARACTER
HC1 Heritage Area
- LWCA Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Design Statement 2011 https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Little%20Woodhouse%20NDS.pdf
- LWNP Appendix B1 Heritage Area Appraisal and Management Plan 2018, 2023
- LWNPF Information leaflet distributed to new Heritage Area streets 2023 HA Extension leaflet Heritage Area Leaflet side 2 June 2023
- LWCA Little Woodhouse Ways – Heritage Open Day 2023 24 page colour booklet Little Woodhouse Ways – The Walks – September 2023
- Living in a Conservation Area – guide for owners and occupiers – Leeds Civic Trust 2023 https://leedscivictrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/LCT_ConsArea_Mockup_6PP_0323_St03.pd
HC2 Non Designated Heritage Assets (NDHA)
- LWCA List of Little Woodhouse Heritage walks and events 1993 – 2023 LWCA Walks and Publications – Fredas list 1980 – 2023
- LWCA Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Design Statement 2011 https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Little%20Woodhouse%20NDS.pdf
- LWNP Appendix B2 Non Designated Heritage Assets Appraisal 2021
- LWNPF – LBU urban planning masters project – evidence for proposed Heritage Area in Little Woodhouse Group 3 Non designated heritage assets Kaushalskumer Bhatt, Clitheroe, Gillow & Wrigley 2021
HC3 Design of development
- LWNPF – Introduction to Aecom Design Documents – Locality Technical Support package 2020-2022
- Aecom – Design documents for Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Plan: Drawings Package, Character Analysis, and General Design Guidance and Character Design Guidance 2021
- The Value of Good Design CABE 2002: Design Council http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/asset/document/the-value-of-good-design.pdf
- Building in Context English Heritage/Cabe 2001: Design Council p5: https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/skills-learning-resources/building-context-new-development-historic-areas/
- https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides-/bird-a-z/swift-family/
- Street Design for All – an update of national advice and good practice Colin J Davis CJDA for PRIAN 2014 https://www.civicvoice.org.uk/uploads/files/street_design_2014.pdf
- Shopfront Design A Guide for Businesses and Communities – Leeds Civic Trust 2023 https://leedscivictrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/LCT_Shopfronts_Mockup_6PP_0323_St05.pdf
- An example of sustainable and adaptable new housing – A wake-up call to the industry: the artist homes blazing a trail for affordable UK housing The Guardian 9 December 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/09/made-in-dagenham-the-artist-homes-designed-to-slow-gentrification?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
HC4 Placemaking
- LWCA Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Design Statement 2011 https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Little%20Woodhouse%20NDS.pdf
- LWCA – Making an Entrance: The Bridge – Gateway to Little Woodhouse – Design Workshop Summary 2011
- Placemaking – Leeds City Council https://www.leeds.gov.uk/planning/planning-policy/local-plan-update/placemaking
HC5 Park Lane Campus site
LWNP – Park Lane Campus Design Code v10 Park Lane Campus Design Code_v10 compressed[16887]
GREEN SPACES
G1 Green Infrastructure
- LWNPF Observations of green corridors in Little Woodhouse survey carried out June 2021 – June 2023 Table D Observations green corridors June 2021 – June 2023
- A Brief Guide to the Benefits of Urban Green Spaces – University of Leeds http://leaf.leeds.ac.uk/green-space
- Planning a Healthy City: Housing Growth in Leeds – Director of Public Health Annual Report 2014-2015 p20 https://democracy.leeds.gov/documents/s136926/director
- National Design Guide MHCLG 2019 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-design-guide
- Why places matter – a resource for councillors and communities, Living Streets for People and Places Coalition 2013 https://theglasshouse.org.uk/resources/why-places-matter-publication/
G2 Local Green Spaces (LGS)
- LWNPF – Appendix Local Green Spaces in Little Woodhouse
- Green spaces in the city – New Scientist 26 March 2021 Green spaces in the city New Scientist March 2021
- Green Space and Health – Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, POSTnote 538 October 2016 p2 https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0538/
- Leeds Observatory, Public health Profiles, Little London and Woodhouse Ward profile and Woodsley \primary Health Network profile, 2020 https://observatory.leeds.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Little-London-and-Woodhouse-Ward-2020.pdf and https://observatory.leeds.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Woodsley-PCN.pdf
- Parks and gardens hold key to cooling overheated cities – The Guardian 1 September 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/sep/01/weatherwatch-parks-gardens-cooling-overheated-cities-nature
- G3 Improving existing green spaces
- LWNPF – LBU urban planning masters project report – Group 4 Little Woodhouse Green Infrastructure, corridors, planting and pocket park proposals, Boot, Henwood, Naylor, Shaw & Wright 2022
- Leeds Local Plan Update: https://leeds.gov.uk/planning-policy/local-plan-update/proposed-policy
- Every Child Matters – The Leeds Play Strategy – Leeds City Council 2007 – Building the Play Friendly City para 3.2
- Design for Play: A guide to creating successful play spaces – A Shackell, N Butler, P Doyle and D.Ball Foreword. Play England 2008 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228823803
COMMUNITY
C1 Community facilities
- LWNPF Survey of community facilities in Little Woodhouse – part 1 Community assets Part 2 and part 3 LWNP A walkable neighbourhood and part 3 community facilities in Little Woodhouse. Also List of community facilities in Little Woodhouse March 2024
- LWNPF-LBU – urban planning masters students project report – Social Infrastructure and list of businesses also ideas for green infrastructure for Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Planning Forum – Group 6 Social infrastructure and businessses, Chinyama, George, Waddington & Bowers 2021
- Make this place your home – Getting the most out of living in Leeds University of Leeds – printed booklet widely distributed. https://www.facebook.com/UoLSustainability
ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT
E1 Employment opportunities
- LWNPF Survey of businesses and organisations in Little Woodhouse 2024 update to LBU 2021 LWNP survey of business addresses in Little Woodhouse 2024
- LWNPF-LBU – urban planning masters students project report for Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Planning Forum Group 7 Employment Analysis – mapping and history of employment areas and types, Carnally, Evans, Son Hal & Hunt 2021
- Submission Statement Employment Land Assessment May 2017 Leeds Local Plan Version to accompagny Submission of the Site Allocation Plan pp357-8 https://www.leeds.gov.uk/SiteAllocationMaps/SAP_Submission_Documents_May%202017/EB3-7%20Employment%20Land%20Assessment,%202017lr.pdf
- Leeds Innovation Arc SPD 2023 https://www.inclusivegrowthleeds.com/innovation-arc-supplementary-planning-document
- A Vision for Leeds – a decade of city centre growth and wider prosperity March 2024 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-vision-for-leeds-a-decade-of-city-centre-growth-and-wider-prosperity –
E2 Small scale employment
Planning Portal: https://planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/working-from-home/planning-permission
E3 Local shopping facilities
Shopfront Design A Guide for Businesses and Communities – Leeds Civic Trust 2023 https://leedscivictrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/LCT_Shopfronts_Mockup_6PP_0323_St05.pdf
MOVEMENT
M1 Safe movement
- LWNPF – AECOM Little Woodhouse Drawing Package Aecom July 2021, Document 011 and in particular Drawings 007 Connectivity, 008 Street hierarchy, 010 Residential typology, 011 Green Infrastructure and 012 Neighbourhood structure DR11105_DOC_011_Little Woodhouse_ Drawing Package REV E[8009]
- UK Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines: Dept of Health and Social Care, Llwodraeth Cymru Welsh Government, Department of Health Northern Ireland and the Scottish Government, 2019: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/physical-activity-guidelines-uk-chief-medical-officers-report
- Physical activity and the environment- National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) 2008: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng90
- Why places matter – a resource for councillors and communities, Living Streets for People and Places Coalition 2013 https://theglasshouse.org.uk/resources/why-places-matter-publication/
- Why a Belgian insurer studies the impact of air pollution on health – The Guardian 22 Sept 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/22/why-health-insurer-studies-impact-air-pollution-on-health
PROJECTS
- Project list July 2023 Projects fair list July 2023
Little Woodhouse Neighbourhood Plan 