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40 Chapel Lane

20241129Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 November 2024

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of garage; Construction of single storey extension at side and rear of house (Class C3) (amendments received 31 October)

Received
24 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Knighton
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 40 Chapel Lane. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 3WE
Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2024
Consultation expiry
19 September 2024
Consultation start
1 August 2024
Consultation end
19 September 2024
Target decision date
8 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Vicarage 1 Wood Hill Leicester LE5 3JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
128 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 August 2024
Site notice start
1 August 2024

Additional information

UPRN
2465070191
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Knighton Village
  • Article 4 direction: Knighton Village Conservation Area+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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