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200 Hastings Road

20251876Operational development - full applicationRefused
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Refused on 16 March 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Part change of use of supermarket (Class E) to hot food takeaway (Sui Generis); installation of ventilation flue

Received
25 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Evington
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 200 Hastings Road. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer 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 42 applications across North 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed change of use would give rise to a main town centre use outside of a designated town or local centre, and within 80m of Merrydale Junior School. The proposal has failed to demonstrate that there has been a sequential approach to the provision of the proposed use in this location. This is contrary to Policy CS11 of the Leicester City Core Strategy (2014), Paragraphs 91 and 97 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), and Policies TCR01, TCR05 and TCR06 of the Emerging Leicester Local Plan, to the detriment of the viability and vitality of nearby local centres and their town centre uses.
  2. The proposed takeaway use would be a non-conforming use in a primarily employment area which is set aside for the retention of E(g), B2 and B8 uses. The proposal fails to accord with the criteria for non-conforming uses set out in Saved Policy E03 of the City of Leicester Local Plan (2006) and is not an acceptable ancillary use in a primarily employment area as listed in Policy CS10 of the Leicester City Core Strategy (2014), and Policy E02 of the Emerging Leicester Local Plan.
  3. It has not been demonstrated that the proposed takeaway use and extraction system would not cause unacceptable harm to the living conditions of future or surrounding neighbouring occupiers by reason of noise, odour, and general

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LE5 0HL
Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Consultation expiry
10 February 2026
Consultation start
20 January 2026
Consultation end
10 February 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
180 Ivyfield Road Birmingham B23 7HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

UPRN
2465207995
Documents
18

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.

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