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305 Saffron Lane

20130771Change of useApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 November 2013

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM WORKING MENS CLUB (CLASS D2) TO PLACE OF WORSHIP (CLASS D1); ALTERATIONS; DISABLED ACCESS RAMP TO FRONT; SOLAR PANELS TO ROOF

Received
2 May 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Aylestone
  1. Received2 May
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.24 Sep
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 305 SAFFRON LANE. Leicester has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 201 days, 21 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in the Wroxham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Aylestone.

71% of amendment 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
Change of use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2013
Consultation expiry
24 September 2013
Consultation start
29 August 2013
Consultation end
24 September 2013
Neighbour consultation start
29 August 2013
Neighbour consultation end
24 September 2013
Target decision date
27 November 2013
Committee meeting
19 November 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
DLK ARCHITECTS CHILTERN CHAMBERS 37 ST PETERS AVENUE CAVERSHAM READING RG4 7DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
90 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
17 September 2013
Site notice start
29 August 2013

Additional information

UPRN
MSP1304
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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© 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.

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