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50 Browning Street

20241435Certificate of lawful existing use/developmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 11 October 2024

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawful existing use as house in multiple occupation for 4 persons (Class C4)

Received
8 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westcotes
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 50 Browning Street. Leicester has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 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 23 applications across Westcotes. We hold 323 applications in total for the LE3 postcode area.

71% of amendment 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
LE3 0FP
Application type
Certificate of lawful existing use/development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2024
Target decision date
3 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
23 The Green Thurlby PE10 0HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

UPRN
2465034279
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation - 2013
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Leicester

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