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15 Henshaw Street, Chevron Court

20250997Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 May 2026

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)16 conditions

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Proposal

Construction of 3-storey extension to 2-storey part of building to provide 32 additional student accommodation units (sui generis); (Amendments received)(s106 agreement)

Received
16 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Oct
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 273 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 15 Henshaw Street, Chevron Court. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 339 days, 40 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 94 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
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2025
Consultation expiry
2 October 2025
Consultation start
27 August 2025
Consultation end
2 October 2025
Target decision date
27 February 2026
Committee meeting
21 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
30 Newman Street London W1T 1PT

Planning decision

Statutory period
190 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 September 2025
Site notice start
27 August 2025

Additional information

Documents
92

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    16 Jun

    Construction of 3-storey extension to 2-storey part of building to provide 32 additional student…

    This applicationApprovedFull20250997
  2. 2025
    16 Jun

    Removal of part of roof; internal and external alterations to Grade II listed building (sui generis) (amended…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside20251001

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