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1-3 Wordsworth Road

20250287Operational development - full applicationRefused
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Refused on 23 July 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of two cycle stores to rear; 1.8 metre fence to rear of dwellings (Class C3)

Received
18 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.4 Jul
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1-3 Wordsworth Road. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 14 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 98 applications across Castle.

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
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2025
Consultation expiry
4 July 2025
Consultation start
9 June 2025
Consultation end
4 July 2025
Target decision date
28 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1387 Melton Road Queniborough LE7 3FP

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 June 2025

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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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