Building adjacent to 5 Hammercliffe Road

20232443Operational development - full applicationApproved

Full

Approved on 28 February 2024

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of storage building to shop (Class E); installation of shopfront and bin storage

Received: 22 December 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leicester City Council
Ward: North Evington

ReceivedReceived22 Dec
ValidatedValidated23 Dec
Consult.Consultation27 Feb
TargetTarget Date28 Feb
DecidedDecided28 Feb

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Building adjacent to 5 Hammercliffe Road. 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 42 applications across North Evington.

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: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 December 2023
Consultation expiry: 27 February 2024
Consultation start: 30 January 2024
Consultation end: 27 February 2024
Target decision date: 28 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 144 New Walk Leicester LE1 7JA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 67 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 30 January 2024

Additional information

Documents: 8

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)

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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Source: Leicester

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