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553 Welford Road

20230708Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 October 2023

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of house; construction of replacement two storey dwelling (Class C3) (amended plans received 07/09/2023)

Received
20 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Knighton
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.22 Sep
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 188 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 553 Welford Road. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 19 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 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 6FN
Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2023
Consultation expiry
22 September 2023
Consultation start
11 May 2023
Consultation end
22 September 2023
Target decision date
26 October 2023
Committee meeting
25 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
20 Lynmouth Road Leicester LE5 1NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
188 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 May 2023

Additional information

UPRN
2465070656
Documents
35

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.

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    Approval of details reserved by conditions 2 (Materials), 5 (LEMP), 11 (SUDS) & 12 (Drainage) attached to…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20240345
  2. 2023
    20 Apr

    Demolition of house; construction of replacement two storey dwelling (Class C3) (amended plans received…

    This applicationApprovedFull20230708

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