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2 Scott Street

20213048Operational development - full applicationRefused
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Refused on 17 August 2022

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) to One House (1x5 bed) (Class C3) (Amended Plans received 19/7/2022)

Received
17 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Mar
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 170 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Scott Street. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 243 days, 27 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Castle. We hold 1,245 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 6DW
Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2022
Consultation expiry
28 March 2022
Consultation start
7 March 2022
Consultation end
28 March 2022
Target decision date
19 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Lord Avenue Ilford IG5 0HP

Planning decision

Statutory period
172 days

Additional information

UPRN
2465070434
Documents
17

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
  • 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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