Clarendon Park Road, Knighton Library

20212175City Council Regulation 3Approved

Approved on 15 December 2021

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Installation of solar panels

Received: 25 August 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leicester City Council
Ward: Castle

ReceivedReceived25 Aug
ValidatedValidated9 Dec
Consult.Consultation8 Dec
TargetTarget Date2 Feb
DecidedDecided15 Dec

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Clarendon Park Road, Knighton Library. Leicester has handled 28 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 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 94 applications across Castle.

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: City Council Regulation 3
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 December 2021
Consultation expiry: 8 December 2021
Consultation start: 16 November 2021
Consultation end: 8 December 2021
Target decision date: 2 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Waterfront, Level Street BRIERLEY HILL DY5 1XL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 16 November 2021

Additional information

Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation - 2013+1 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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