Corn Exchange, Market Place
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Proposal
Installation of a new National Grid electricity distribution substation within the rear screen wall.
- Received
- 24 September 2025
- Decision due
- 31 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Ward
- Castle
- ReceivedReceived24 Sep
- ValidatedValidated25 Sep
- Consult.Consultation18 Nov
- TargetTarget Date31 Mar
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a planning application at Corn Exchange, Market Place. Leicester has handled 28 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Castle.
84% of all 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
- City Council Regulation 3
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 22 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- LCB Depot 31 Rutland Street Leicester LE1 1RE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 187 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 November 2025
- Site notice start
- 22 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 28
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Market Place
- Brownfield land register: 32-38 Market Place - Odeon ArcadeRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
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, 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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A listed building is on or next to this site.
- 0.6 miLeicesterRTPI
- 16.4 miLeicestershireRTPI
- 19.8 miDerbyRTPI
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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- Innova Trade FramesVerifiedLeicesterWindows & Doors5.5 mi
- East Goscote Plumbers LtdVerifiedPlumber & Heating EngineerHeating Engineers6.2 mi
- Dhiraj Group LimitedLeicester0.1 mi
- Dewhirst KitchensKitchen & Bathroom0.2 mi
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