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9-11 Millstone Lane, building at rear

20250897Certificate of lawful existing use/developmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 3 March 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Certificate of lawful existing use as flats (Class C3)

Received
4 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 257 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 9-11 Millstone Lane, building at rear. Leicester has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 272 days, 31 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Castle.

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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Why it was refused

  1. There is insufficient evidence submitted with the application to demonstrate that once built, it was lawful to use the detached building/two garages at the rear for two self-contained residential flats (Use Class C3), or that a lawful change of use of the detached building/two garages at the rear to two self-contained residential flats (Use Class C3) has taken place. The Council has refused to grant a Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development. Please read the following notes carefully. This Certificate is issued solely for the purpose of Section 191/192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Certificate of lawful existing use/development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2025
Consultation expiry
2 March 2026
Consultation end
2 March 2026
Target decision date
13 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9-11 Millstone Lane Leicester LE1 5JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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