23 Firfield Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4DS
Approved
Council decision: CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
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Proposal
Proposed change of use from C3(a) Residential Dwelling to C3(b) Use as a dwellinghouse as a sole or main residence by up to 2 residents living together as a single household where care is provided for residents; (Lawful Development Certificate for Proposed Use).
- Received
- 11 September 2024
- Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Ward
- Birstall East and Wanlip
- ReceivedReceived11 Sep
- ValidatedValidated18 Sep
- Consult.Consultation12 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 23 Firfield Avenue, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4DS. Charnwood has handled 521 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 September 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Birstall East and Wanlip. We hold 369 applications in total for the LE4 postcode area.
87% of outline applications at Charnwood Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- LE4 4DS
- Application type
- CL (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Birstall
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 12 December 2024
- Consultation start
- 21 November 2024
- Consultation end
- 12 December 2024
- Application expires
- 11 November 2024
Planning decision
- Decision
- CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
- Statutory period
- 54 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 21 November 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 41
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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Source: Charnwood
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