159 Knighton Lane East
Approved on 31 October 2023
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of proposed single storey extension at rear of dwellinghouse of dimensions: 5 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse; maximum height 4 metres; height of the eaves 3 metres (Class C3)
- Received
- 21 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Ward
- Knighton
- ReceivedReceived21 Sep
- ValidatedValidated25 Sep
- Consult.Consultation18 Oct
- TargetTarget Date5 Nov
- DecidedDecided31 Oct
Decided in 36 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a new dwelling at 159 Knighton Lane East. Leicester has handled 2,222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- LE2 6FU
- Application type
- Notification of extension to a dwellinghouse
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 18 October 2023
- Consultation start
- 27 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 18 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 5 November 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Vicarage 1 Wood Hill Leicester LE5 3JB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- UPRN
- 2465071103
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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, 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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