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The Manse 2 King Street Whetstone Leicestershire LE8 6LS

23/0438/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 March 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from Class C3 residential to Class C2 residential care home (4-bedroom, 3 -reception day room, specialist respite short break care facility) including wheelchair user access ramps

Received
23 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
North Whetstone
  1. Received23 May
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 245 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Manse 2 King Street Whetstone Leicestershire LE8 6LS. Blaby has handled 954 applications of this type. This one was decided in 304 days, 35 weeks longer than Blaby's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across North Whetstone. We hold 1,732 applications in total for the LE8 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Blaby District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LE8 6LS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whetstone Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2023
Consultation expiry
28 February 2024
Consultation start
7 February 2024
Consultation end
28 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
26 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 August 2023
Last date for comments
28 February 2024
Target decision date
15 September 2023
Permission expires
22 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
SKM Design Unit D, Edward House Grange Business Park Enderby Road Leicester LE8 6EP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 July 2023
Site notice end
16 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12145561
Documents
73

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: Land Between Numbers 11 And 15 King Street Whetstone LE8 6LSRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    26 Apr

    Application to discharge conditions 3 (materials), 4 (landscaping) & 8 (construction management plan) to…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/0369/DOC
  2. 2023
    23 May

    Change of use from Class C3 residential to Class C2 residential care home (4-bedroom, 3 -reception day room…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/0438/FUL

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