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2 Knighton Lane East, Aylestone Leisure Centre

20231499City Council Regulation 3Approved

Approved on 13 October 2023

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Retrospective application for alterations and the installation of 4 x wall mounted air conditioning units and 3 x vent grilles on east elevation of Leisure Centre

Received
8 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saffron
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated30 Aug
  3. Consult.5 Oct
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at 2 Knighton Lane East, Aylestone Leisure Centre. Leicester has handled 28 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 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 23 applications across Saffron.

84% of all 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
City Council Regulation 3
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 August 2023
Consultation expiry
5 October 2023
Consultation start
11 September 2023
Consultation end
5 October 2023
Target decision date
24 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
119 Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 September 2023

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021
  • Brownfield land register: 101 Knighton Fields Road WestRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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