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289 Mere Road

20241587Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2024

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from shop (Class E) to Launderette (Sui Generis); installation of ventilation flue at rear, alterations

Received
6 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stoneygate
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 289 Mere Road. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 weeks 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 47 applications across Stoneygate.

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
7 September 2024
Consultation expiry
17 December 2024
Consultation start
26 November 2024
Consultation end
17 December 2024
Target decision date
18 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
20 Lynmouth Road Leicester LE5 1NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
102 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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