LS1 PROJECT PREPARATION BRIEF
Refitting premises above and beside occupied businesses

Prepared by ATR Developments Limited. You can use this with your designer or builder.
These are preparation prompts, not a property survey or a permissions decision.

Project address: ______________________________
Proposed work: ________________________________
Intended use / occupation: ____________________

For a shop, office or upper-floor conversion in Leeds city centre, the useful starting point is an access and occupation plan. A project around Briggate may share entrances with trading premises; a Wellington Street office may depend on booked lifts. Establish those arrangements before comparing building quotations.

DECISIONS TO RESOLVE

1. Separate public and construction access
Draw the delivery route, waste route and customer entrance on one plan. If they overlap, agree how the routes can be separated or used at different times with the building manager.
[ ] Gather: A floor plan showing entrances, lifts and shared corridors.
Notes: ________________________________________

2. Understand the frontage before changing it
For an older commercial frontage, check the building record and conservation information before choosing replacement glazing, signage or new openings. An attractive neighbouring shopfront is not evidence that the same design is acceptable.
[ ] Gather: Frontage photographs and the landlord’s alteration requirements.
Notes: ________________________________________

ADDRESS CHECKS
[ ] Confirm the authority using the full address: https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council
[ ] Establish applicable permissions with the relevant authority and advisers.

PRIMARY RESOURCES

Local maps & character documents
Selected links from the council’s directory. Use the named area and boundary to check relevance to your property; these documents do not apply to the whole postcode.
Leeds City Centre: area map (PDF 719KB): https://www.leeds.gov.uk/sites/default/files/files-imported/2b2d4c21ffb2ad0d77d2335abc0e04cab92fa4dee5142628dd4d05c6e37f86a1.pdf

Leeds City Council
Find earlier decisions and check the relevant conservation boundary for your address.
Planning history: https://www.leeds.gov.uk/planning/planning-permission/view-and-comment-on-planning-applications
Conservation maps & appraisals: https://www.leeds.gov.uk/planning/conservation-protection-and-heritage/conservation-area

Historic England
Search for an individual listed building. This is a different check from whether it stands in a conservation area.
Search the National Heritage List: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/

Resource review: 2026-10-16
No project cost, permission or availability is confirmed by this checklist.