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8 Wicklow Drive

20251781Operational development - full applicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 5 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from house (Class C3) to two self-contained flats (2 x 1 bed) (Class C3); construction of single storey extension at rear; four rooflights at front and rear of building

Received
7 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Evington
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 8 Wicklow Drive. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 90 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Evington. We hold 270 applications in total for the LE5 postcode area.

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

Postcode
LE5 4RB
Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2025
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Consultation start
1 December 2025
Consultation end
4 February 2026
Target decision date
15 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
174 Mere Road Leicester LE5 5GN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 January 2026

Additional information

UPRN
2465118233
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Local nature reserve: Humberstone ParkNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Leicester

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