5 Gwencole Crescent Braunstone Town Leicester Leicestershire LE3 2FJ
Approved on 30 April 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval is Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification to determine if Prior Approval is required for a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by 4.0 metres, for which the maximum height would be 4.0 metres and for which the height to eaves would be 3.0 metres.
- Received
- 20 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Blaby District Council
- Ward
- Braunstone Ravenhurst
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation17 Apr
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 5 Gwencole Crescent Braunstone Town Leicester Leicestershire LE3 2FJ. Blaby has handled 160 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Blaby's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Braunstone Ravenhurst. We hold 323 applications in total for the LE3 postcode area.
94% of outline 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
- LE3 2FJ
- Application type
- Householder Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Braunstone Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Draw My Plans UK
- Agent address
- 5 Gwencole Crescent Leicester LE3 2FJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Kiera Kalym
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Blaby
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