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The Midland Hotel, 277 Saffron Lane

20150460Change of useRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 10 June 2015

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM PUBLIC HOUSE (CLASS A4) TO FOURTEEN FLATS (CLASS C3), GROUND FLOOR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND EXTENSION TO ROOF TO CREATE FIRST FLOOR, ALTERATIONS

Received
11 March 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Aylestone
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at THE MIDLAND HOTEL, 277 SAFFRON LANE. Leicester has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a 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
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2015
Consultation expiry
5 May 2015
Consultation start
13 March 2015
Consultation end
5 May 2015
Neighbour consultation start
13 March 2015
Neighbour consultation end
5 May 2015
Target decision date
6 May 2015
Committee meeting
10 June 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
MR NEIL MCMINN FEDERAL TOWER 44 ABBEY STREET LEICESTER LE1 3TD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
7 April 2015
Site notice start
13 March 2015

Additional information

UPRN
MSK6108
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021
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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