A planning inspector was told to refuse permission for two car parks near Leeds Bradford Airport as an over-supply of parking spaces would “harm” sustainability plans.
On the first day of two planning inquiries heard at the same time in Leeds, Scott Lyness, a barrister representing the airport, said allowing appeals for permission for car parks near the Yeadon site would cause fewer people to use public transport to catch flights.
The airport is the main objector to two companies appealing against separate decisions by Leeds City Council against their car parking schemes.
Austin Hayes, who runs the Sentinel car park, which has been operating up to 2,200 spaces without planning permission for more than a decade, is appealing against a non-determination by the council over its application for full planning permission. Meanwhile, Learmonth Property is appealing a council decision to refuse a separate application for an off-site airport car park on the former Avro site, at the Leeds Bradford Airport Industrial Estate.
They both say one of the reasons the council refused their applications is because they do not fall in line with a Surface Access Strategy drawn up by the authority and the airport.
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