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4 Wheat Street

20251963Non-Material Change to Planning PermissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 January 2026

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non material amendment to planning permission 20241380 to vary the description of development FROM: Change of use of factory to 43 flats (3 x studio, 30 x 1 bed, 10 x 2 bed) (Class C3); demolition of part of outrigger to rear; insertion of dormer windows and rooflights to roof; alterations, TO: Change of use of factory to 43 flats (Class C3); demolition of part of outrigger to rear; insertion of dormer windows and rooflights to roof; alterations)

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 4 Wheat Street. Leicester has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Castle.

71% of amendment 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
Non-Material Change to Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
43

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Target decision date
6 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
39 Holmdale Road London NW6 1BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: LL/153 4 Wheat StreetPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: 4 Wheat StreetRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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