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498-500 Melton Road, Petrol Filling Station

20231003Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 August 2023

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of existing canopies and jetwash; installation of one drive thru jetwash bay; one open jetwash bay; new refuse area to petrol filling station and ancillary carwash area (Sui Generis)

Received
26 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rushey Mead
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 498-500 Melton Road, Petrol Filling Station. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days 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 31 applications across Rushey Mead.

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

Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2023
Consultation expiry
31 July 2023
Consultation start
20 June 2023
Consultation end
31 July 2023
Target decision date
21 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Cart Shed Amberley Court Old Elstead Road Milford GU8 5EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 July 2023

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.

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