Knighton Road, College Court

20160898Operational development - full applicationApproved

Full

Approved on 21 July 2016

Council decision: Conditional approvalPlanning committee

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Proposal

VARIATION OF CONDITION ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION 20130772 (CHANGE OF USE FROM TRAINING AND CONFERENCE CENTRE (CLASS C2) TO TRAINING AND CONFERENCE CENTRE, HOTEL AND FUNCTION SUITE (NO USE CLASS)); CONDITION 20 TO BE VARIED TO ALLOW FOR ALTERNATIVE SURFACING OF OVERSPILL CAR PARK

Received: 4 May 2016
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Leicester City Council
Ward: Knighton

ReceivedReceived4 May
ValidatedValidated5 May
Consult.Consultation20 Jun
TargetTarget Date29 Jun
DecidedDecided21 Jul

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at KNIGHTON ROAD, COLLEGE COURT. Leicester has handled 1,027 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 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Knighton. We hold 1,246 applications in total for the LE2 postcode area.

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

Postcode: LE2 3UF
Application type: Operational development - full application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 May 2016
Consultation expiry: 20 June 2016
Consultation start: 11 May 2016
Consultation end: 20 June 2016
Neighbour consultation start: 11 May 2016
Neighbour consultation end: 20 June 2016
Target decision date: 29 June 2016
Committee meeting: 20 July 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address: DUNCAN MCKAY 11 DUCIE STREET PO BOX 85 PICCADILLY BASIN MANCHESTER M60 3JA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 7 June 2016
Site notice start: 11 May 2016

Additional information

UPRN: PSP3167
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Knighton Village
Listed building: Grade II: Block A (Residential Block to west) at former College Hall, University of LeicesterOn this site · +7 more
Article 4 direction: Knighton Village Conservation Area+1 more
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 375Part of the site · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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