Pope Street, Knighton Fields Centre

20211835Notification of demolition of buildingsApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 8 September 2021

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Notification of demolition of single storey building to side of school (Class F1)

Received: 22 July 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leicester City Council
Ward: Knighton

ReceivedReceived22 Jul
ValidatedValidated23 Jul
Consult.Consultation20 Aug
TargetTarget Date8 Sep
DecidedDecided8 Sep

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Pope Street, Knighton Fields Centre. Leicester has handled 28 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Leicester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Knighton.

84% of all 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: Notification of demolition of buildings
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 July 2021
Consultation expiry: 20 August 2021
Consultation end: 20 August 2021
Target decision date: 8 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Melvyn Robert House Wigwam Lane Nottingham NG15 7SZ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 47 days

Additional information

Documents: 4

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+2 more
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.

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Source: Leicester

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