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8 College Avenue

20231311Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 November 2023

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing building, alterations to garden level and construction of single storey extension at rear of house; installation of replacement windows at rear of house (Class C3) (AMENDED PLAN RECEIVED 18/10/2023)

Received
11 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stoneygate
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 8 College Avenue. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 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 47 applications across Stoneygate. 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 0JF
Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2023
Consultation expiry
14 November 2023
Consultation start
16 October 2023
Consultation end
14 November 2023
Target decision date
21 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Andy Sell 156a Fosse Road North Leicester Leicester LE3 5ES

Planning decision

Statutory period
94 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
14 November 2023
Site notice start
23 October 2023

Additional information

UPRN
2465074949
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: South Highfields
  • Article 4 direction: Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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