17 Colin Grundy Drive, Gateway College

20251613Notification of solar equipment on non domestic propertiesApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 26 November 2025

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Notification of installation of solar panels to roof of building (Class F1)

Received: 6 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leicester City Council
Ward: Humberstone & Hamilton

ReceivedReceived6 Oct
ValidatedValidated7 Oct
Consult.Consultation14 Nov
TargetTarget Date1 Dec
DecidedDecided26 Nov

Decided in 50 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at 17 Colin Grundy Drive, Gateway College. Leicester has handled 2,222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker 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 40 applications across Humberstone & Hamilton.

Application details

Application type: Notification of solar equipment on non domestic properties
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 14 November 2025
Consultation start: 23 October 2025
Consultation end: 14 November 2025
Target decision date: 1 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Aura Innovation Centre Bridgehead Business Park Hessle Hull HU13 0GD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 23 October 2025

Additional information

Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Source: Leicester

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