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Sturdee Road, St Hughs Parish Church

20260003Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 March 2026

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Proposal

Installation of a cross with corpus (figure on the cross) measuring 2m x 1m on the east wall of the church tower (Class F1)

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eyres Monsell
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Sturdee Road, St Hughs Parish Church. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 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 12 applications across Eyres Monsell.

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

Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
16 March 2026
Consultation start
13 February 2026
Consultation end
16 March 2026
Target decision date
30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
c/o 51 Pasley Road Leicester LE2 9BU

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: LL/191 St Hugh's Church, Sturdee Road
  • 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

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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