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59 Wordsworth Road

20240580Operational development - full applicationRefused
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Refused on 25 June 2024

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for loft conversion; installation of rooflight at front; dormer extension at rear of house (Class C3)

Received
26 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.5 Jun
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 59 Wordsworth Road. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Castle. 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 6ED
Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2024
Consultation expiry
5 June 2024
Consultation start
15 May 2024
Consultation end
5 June 2024
Target decision date
25 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
451 London Road Leicester LE23JW

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

UPRN
2465070522
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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