Off airport car park could be closed
11.09.10
A 2200-capacity car park near Leeds Bradford Airport that has been operating for the last 11 years without council permission is unlikely to receive permanent planning approval, it was confirmed this week. But councillors said that there was a short term need for off site airport parking and were willing to offer a 5 or 10 year permission for the Sentinel car park at Warren House Lane, Yeadon.
The councillors overturned planning officers' recommendations that a car park should not be allowed to operate on the land, which is earmarked for employment use and contravenes council planning policy. They deferred the application to allow planning officers to speak to the applicant, Austin Hayes Ltd, to see if a short term planning consent would be accepted.
Panel chairman councillor Neil Taggart said that poor public transport links meant that there was a need for off airport car parking, as that there is not enough parking at the airport during peak summer months. He said: ‘If we refuse permission and enforcement officers were to try to take enforcement action and closed the car park, where would all the cars go? It has been there for over 10 years - would the council be able to take enforcement action?’
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