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61 Somerville Road

20242183Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 June 2025

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing garage at side; construction of single storey extension at side; installation of external wall insulation with white render to all external elevations (Class C3) Amendments received 27/05/2025

Received
11 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target3 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 61 Somerville Road. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 174 days, 17 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 26 applications across Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields. We hold 323 applications in total for the LE3 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
LE3 2EW
Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2025
Consultation expiry
2 May 2025
Consultation start
9 April 2025
Consultation end
2 May 2025
Target decision date
3 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
27 Ellwood Close Leicester LE5 4NX

Planning decision

Statutory period
98 days

Additional information

UPRN
2465032759
Documents
22

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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