Knighton Fields Road East, Former Wheatsheaf Works
Approved on 19 April 2012
Council decision: Mixed - part approval, part refusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
TWENTY NON-ILLUMINATED FASCIA SIGNS; NINE NON-ILLUMINATED PROJECTING SIGNS TO GRADE II LISTED BUILDING FOR LIMITED PERIOD OF THREE YEARS
- Received
- 1 February 2012
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Ward
- Castle
- ReceivedReceived1 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation6 Mar
- TargetTarget Date28 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Apr
Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at KNIGHTON FIELDS ROAD EAST, FORMER WHEATSHEAF WORKS. Leicester has handled 50 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Castle.
85% of advertising applications at Leicester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Advertisement consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 6 March 2012
- Consultation start
- 14 February 2012
- Consultation end
- 6 March 2012
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 March 2012
- Target decision date
- 28 March 2012
- Committee meeting
- 19 April 2012
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- MILL HOUSE31 LOWER BROWN STREET LEICESTER LE1 5TH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 14 February 2012
Additional information
- UPRN
- NSC6135
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Former Wheatsheaf Works, the Co-op Boot and Shoe Factory and attached railingsOn this site
- Article 4 direction: Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, tree preservation orders, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201318 Oct
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO GRADE II LISTED BUILDING (EXTERNAL STAIR AT SIDE)
ApprovedListed building consent20131898 - 201318 Oct
FOUR-STOREY EXTERNAL ENCLOSED STAIR TO SIDE OF BUILDING; ALTERATIONS
ApprovedFull20131897 - 201226 Jun
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION 20101551
ApprovedDischarge of conditions20120927
Source: Leicester
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