LS4 PROJECT PREPARATION BRIEF
Extending a Burley terrace without losing the working route

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 rear extension to a Burley terrace, the access route can be as important as the finished floor plan. Compare a design that preserves passage to the garden with one that fills the available width. Where a property is nearer the Kirkstall Road corridor, include drainage and flood information in the early checks.

DECISIONS TO RESOLVE

1. Keep construction access visible in the design
Mark the narrowest passage, steps and any shared gates. Ask how excavation spoil and new materials reach the rear at each stage, including after the extension walls begin to rise.
[ ] Gather: A measured street-to-garden route and photographs of shared access.
Notes: ________________________________________

2. Separate river risk from local drainage
Use the Environment Agency area checker as a starting point, then identify where rainwater from the proposed roof will go. Its maps do not establish whether an individual property will flood or diagnose a blocked drain.
[ ] Gather: Drain positions, ground levels and any previous water-entry reports.
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.
Burley Village: area map (PDF 3.2MB): https://www.leeds.gov.uk/sites/default/files/files-imported/9bb0c0a91828b50d3ad50e8087a212c7e19f8c613ebb306ba3fadb8040a2f0f8.pdf
Kirkstall Abbey: area map (PDF 651KB): https://www.leeds.gov.uk/sites/default/files/files-imported/6007ca58e03facda4ccb03e909b31eb6350a45854e4ce790831ba804f099b4e5.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

Environment Agency
An area-level starting point for water-risk checks, not a prediction for an individual property or a diagnosis of drainage defects.
Check long-term flood risk: https://www.gov.uk/check-long-term-flood-risk

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