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Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital

20251536Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 January 2026

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 10 (Plans) attached to planning permission 20232161 (Demolition of three buildings (Jackson House, Manual Handling Building & Portacabin) (sui generis); new one & two storey building for Endoscopy Facilities (sui generis)) to change cladding materials; simplification of windows treatment; alteration to shape and size of canopy roof

Received
18 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Evington
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Gwendolen Road, Leicester General Hospital. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Evington.

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
9 October 2025
Consultation expiry
13 November 2025
Consultation start
22 October 2025
Consultation end
13 November 2025
Target decision date
7 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
East Dock Leeds Dock Leeds LS10 1LR

Planning decision

Statutory period
90 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 November 2025
Site notice start
22 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: LL/183 Former North Evington Infirmary Building, Gwendolen RoadPart of the site · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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