St Georges Retail Park, Units 8 & 8A

20251703Certificate of lawful proposed use/developmentApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 January 2026

Council decision: Unconditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Lawful development for proposed use within Class E and the installation of a mezzanine floor for non-retail purposes above 200 square metres

Received: 23 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leicester City Council
Ward: Wycliffe

ReceivedReceived23 Oct
ValidatedValidated24 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Jan
DecidedDecided12 Jan

Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at St Georges Retail Park, Units 8 & 8A. Leicester has handled 112 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Wycliffe.

77% of outline 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: Certificate of lawful proposed use/development
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 October 2025
Target decision date: 13 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 21 Soho Sqaure London W1D 3QP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 81 days

Additional information

Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Hydraulic accumulator tower, engine house, boiler house and ancillary buildingOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: LL/293 Evita House, Sussex StreetNext to the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Source: Leicester

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