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99 Prestwold Road

20260098Operational development - full applicationRefused
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Refused on 24 March 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use from house to two flats (2x1 Bed); hip to gable roof; dormer to rear; single storey extension at rear of house (Class C3)

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Evington
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 99 Prestwold Road. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across North Evington. We hold 266 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 development would result in the loss of a 2-bedroom dwelling suitable for family use, contrary to saved City of Leicester Local Plan (2006) policy H07, Leicester City Core Strategy (2014) policies CS06 and CS08 and Emerging Local Plan Policy Ho09.
  2. The proposed development, by virtue of the hip-to-gable roof conversion, would not have a consistent hipped roof form and would fail to assimilate within the character of the area. The proposed development is therefore contrary to Leicester City Core Strategy (2014) policy CS03 and NPPF paragraphs 135 and 139.
  3. Insufficient information has been submitted with the application to evidence that the ground floor flat would provide acceptable levels of privacy for future occupiers or that the upper floor flat would provide acceptable levels of internal space for future occupiers. As such, the development is contrary to Saved City of Leicester Local Plan (2006) policy PS10 and H07 and NPPF paragraph 135(f).
  4. The proposed development, by virtue of the single storey rear extension, would result in a significant detrimental impact on the residential amenity of the neighbouring property at 97 Prestwold Road in regard to loss of light and outlook

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Consultation expiry
24 February 2026
Consultation start
2 February 2026
Consultation end
24 February 2026
Target decision date
24 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9 Coales Gardens Market Harborough LE16 7NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 February 2026

Additional information

UPRN
2465105256
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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