31 Waterloo Way, Arnhem House

20251362Notification of change of use from Class E to Housing C3Approved

Prior approval

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Proposal

Notification of change of use of the first to fifth floors from Offices (Use Class E) to 86 self-contained flats (84 x 1bed, 2 x 2bed) (amended plans)

Received: 8 August 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leicester City Council
Ward: Castle

ReceivedReceived8 Aug
ValidatedValidated8 Aug
Consult.Consultation16 Feb
TargetTarget Date3 Mar
DecidedDecided3 Mar

Decided in 207 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 31 Waterloo Way, Arnhem House. Leicester has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 207 days, 22 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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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Application details

Application type: Notification of change of use from Class E to Housing C3
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 86

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 August 2025
Consultation expiry: 16 February 2026
Consultation start: 21 August 2025
Consultation end: 16 February 2026
Target decision date: 3 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 11 Chesterfield Road Belper Derbyshire DE56 1FD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 207 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 12 September 2025
Site notice start: 21 August 2025

Additional information

Documents: 56

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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© 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.

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2 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Leicester

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