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101 Knighton Fields Road West

20251238Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)22 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of condition 16 (Accessible and adaptable dwellings) attached to planning permission 20170813 (Demolition of factory; construction of three storey building for 22 flats (Class C3))

Received
24 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saffron
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 147 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 101 Knighton Fields Road West. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 279 days, 32 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Saffron.

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
Large
Number of dwellings
22

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
17 February 2026
Consultation start
15 January 2026
Consultation end
17 February 2026
Target decision date
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Studio 14a Church Street Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 4AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
148 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
17 February 2026
Site notice start
15 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021
  • Brownfield land register: 101 Knighton Fields Road WestRegister site at or near this address
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.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    9 May

    Approval of details reserved by Condition 16 (Category 2-accessible and adaptable) attached to planning…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions20250761
  2. 2024
    16 Oct

    Approval of details reserved by Conditions 5 (Flood Plan), 9 (Landscaping), 10 (Tree planting), 11 (Survey)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20241845
  3. 2024
    24 May

    Certificate of lawful proposed development for use as 22 dwellings (21 x 1 bed flats & 1 x 2 bed flat) (Class…

    ApprovedOutline20240922
  4. 2021
    22 Dec

    Discharge of Condition 15 (Materials) of 20170813

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20213081
  5. 2021
    13 Dec

    Discharge of Conditions 2 (Contamination), 6 (SuDS), 7 (Drainage) of 20170813

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20213021
  6. 2021
    17 Sep

    Discharge of conditions attached to planning permission 20170813

    RefusedDischarge of conditions20212372

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