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Knighton Fields Road East, Former Wheatsheaf Works

20131897Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 December 2013

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

FOUR-STOREY EXTERNAL ENCLOSED STAIR TO SIDE OF BUILDING; ALTERATIONS

Received
18 October 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at KNIGHTON FIELDS ROAD EAST, FORMER WHEATSHEAF WORKS. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days 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.

84% of full 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
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2013
Consultation expiry
4 December 2013
Consultation start
12 November 2013
Consultation end
4 December 2013
Neighbour consultation start
12 November 2013
Neighbour consultation end
4 December 2013
Target decision date
13 December 2013
Committee meeting
16 December 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
170 LONDON ROAD LEICESTER LE2 1ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 November 2013

Additional information

UPRN
NSC6135
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2013
    18 Oct

    FOUR-STOREY EXTERNAL ENCLOSED STAIR TO SIDE OF BUILDING; ALTERATIONS

    This applicationApprovedFull20131897
  2. 2013
    18 Oct

    INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO GRADE II LISTED BUILDING (EXTERNAL STAIR AT SIDE)

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside20131898

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