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Student Roost, Brookland Road

20251883Certificate of lawful proposed use/developmentApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 January 2026

Council decision: Unconditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawful proposed development for replacement of bricks, render and cladding to front of student accommodation building (Sui Generis)

Received
26 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Student Roost, Brookland Road. Leicester has handled 112 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days 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 94 applications across Castle.

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
27 November 2025
Target decision date
27 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Marsden Street (4th floor) Manchester M2 1HW

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    5 Apr

    ONE NON ILLUMINATED SIGN AND NON ILLUMINATED LETTERING TO STUDENT FLATS (NO USE CLASS)

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent20160686
  2. 2015
    19 Nov

    ONE NON ILLUMINATED BANNER SIGN TO STUDENT FLATS (CLASS C3)

    RefusedAdvertisement consent20152206
  3. 2015
    16 Jan

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION 20141748

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20150079
  4. 2014
    16 Sep

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 4 (MATERIALS); CONDITION 10 (DETAILS OF BIN STORE); CONDITION 11 (DETAILS OF LIGHTING)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20141747
  5. 2014
    15 Sep

    VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 8 & 12 ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION 20131487

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)20141748
  6. 2013
    16 Aug

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 21 (APPROVED PLANS) ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION 20110526

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)20131487

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