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71 Skelton Drive

20213087Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 June 2022

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of hardstanding and single storey extension at front; single and two storey extensions at side; alterations to house (Class C3) (amended plans received 08/06/2022)

Received
23 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Knighton
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target10 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 135 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 71 Skelton Drive. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 16 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 86 applications across Knighton. 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 6JQ
Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2022
Consultation expiry
4 March 2022
Consultation start
7 February 2022
Consultation end
4 March 2022
Target decision date
10 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
71 Skelton Drive Leicester LE2 6JQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
135 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 February 2022

Additional information

UPRN
2465069067
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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