Unit 4, St Georges Retail Park, The Food Warehouse
Approved on 2 February 2026
Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of installation of solar panels to roof of building
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Ward
- Wycliffe
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated23 Dec
- Consult.Consultation27 Jan
- TargetTarget Date16 Feb
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 41 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Unit 4, St Georges Retail Park, The Food Warehouse. Leicester has handled 2,222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker 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 36 applications across Wycliffe.
Application details
- Application type
- Notification of solar equipment on non domestic properties
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 6 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 44-46 New Court Way Ormskirk Lancashire L39 2YT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Hydraulic accumulator tower, engine house, boiler house and ancillary buildingOn or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: LL/293 Evita House, Sussex StreetNext to the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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