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13 Western Drive Blaby Leicester Leicestershire LE8 4FR

24/0593/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 26 September 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing first floor of commercial property (Use Class E g(i)) to create one new dwelling (Use Class C3) and proposed single storey rear extension to retained commercial unit on ground floor.

Received
11 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Blaby
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target19 Sep
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 13 Western Drive Blaby Leicester Leicestershire LE8 4FR. Blaby has handled 954 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Blaby's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Blaby. 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 4FR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blaby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2024
Consultation expiry
11 September 2024
Consultation start
28 August 2024
Consultation end
11 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
30 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
20 August 2024
Last date for comments
11 September 2024
Target decision date
19 September 2024
Permission expires
26 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Drawing Room (Architects) Ltd Chartered Architects 130 Moat Street Wigston Leicester LE18 2GE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3358257
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 June 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13230055
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

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© 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.

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