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33 Castle Street, Castle Court

20251707Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 January 2026

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Construction of a 2m chimney including an Automatic Opening Vent on the top of roof of Block E of student accommodation building

Received
24 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 33 Castle Street, Castle Court. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Castle.

84% of full 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
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2025
Consultation expiry
27 January 2026
Consultation start
29 December 2025
Consultation end
27 January 2026
Target decision date
10 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Harris House Moorbridge Road East Bingham Nottinghamshire NG13 8GG

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    23 Aug

    Facade works to student accommodation (Sui Generis)

    ApprovedFull20231604

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