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5 Market Street

20251564Non-Material Change to Planning PermissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 October 2025

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission 20241491 (Change of use from bank (Class E) to commercial unit on basement and ground floor (Class E); eight self-contained flats on upper floors (3x studio, 3x 1bed, 2x 2bed) (Class C3); construction of dormer extensions at rear; associated bin storage, cycle parking, external plant/equipment; external alterations) to alter the rear elevation and the ground floor layout.

Received
23 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Oct
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Market Street. Leicester has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 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
Non-Material Change to Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Target decision date
21 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
144 New Walk Leicester LE1 7JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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, 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

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    23 Sep

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 20241491

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  2. 2025
    23 Sep

    Approval of details reserved by Condition 2 (materials schedule to be submitted prior to installation of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside20251565

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