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Melton Road, Land to north of Sainsbury's

20251629Non-Material Change to Planning PermissionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 4 November 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission 20212042 (Construction of coffee shop/restaurant with drive through (Sui Generis); construction of retail store (Class E); associated engineering works, car parking and servicing arrangements, landscaping and boundary treatments (Amended Plans)): To allow coloured render and timber cladding, change door and window frame colour to black and GEA of unit to increase from 362.8 sqm to 378.2 sqm

Received
7 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rushey Mead
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Melton Road, Land to north of Sainsbury's. Leicester has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks 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 31 applications across Rushey Mead.

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
8 October 2025
Target decision date
4 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Somerset House 37 Temple Street Birmingham B2 5DP

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.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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