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42 Southernhay Road

20242182Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 February 2025

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of two storey extension at front and rear; canopy at front; single storey extension at side and rear; dormer extension at rear of house (Class C3); alterations

Received
11 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Knighton
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 42 Southernhay Road. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 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 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 3TJ
Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2024
Consultation expiry
11 February 2025
Consultation start
21 January 2025
Consultation end
11 February 2025
Target decision date
16 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
74a Wyvern Avenue Leicester LE4 7HH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

UPRN
2465093925
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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