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5 Westcotes Drive

20250734Change of useRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 7 August 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from house in multiple occupation for 6 persons (Class C4) to house in multiple occupation for 7 persons (Sui Generis)

Received
2 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westcotes
  1. Received2 May
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Westcotes Drive. Leicester has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 0QT
Application type
Change of use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2025
Consultation expiry
9 July 2025
Consultation start
18 June 2025
Consultation end
9 July 2025
Target decision date
7 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Lorraine Harris 61 Blaby Road Enderby LE19 4AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 June 2025

Appeal history

3374435
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 December 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

UPRN
2465035654
Documents
11

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
  • Brownfield land register: 10 Westcotes Drive - Scotia HotelRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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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