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26-30 Millstone Lane, Millstone House

20240886Operational development - full applicationApproved
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Approved on 22 July 2025

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective change of use from 11 residential units (Class C3) to 2.no 8 bed student flats and 2.no 10 bed student flats (Sui Generis), external alterations comprising replacement of 2 no. doors with windows, proposed cycle parking provision & creation of amenity area to the rear. (Amended 29/05/2025)

Received
17 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Jun
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 357 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 26-30 Millstone Lane, Millstone House. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 431 days, 54 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Castle.

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
Large
Number of dwellings
11

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2024
Consultation expiry
12 June 2025
Consultation start
31 July 2024
Consultation end
12 June 2025
Target decision date
31 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
No 1 Colmore Square Birmingham B4 6AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
366 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 August 2024
Site notice start
31 July 2024

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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