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26 Woodcroft Avenue

20260246Certificate of lawful proposed use/developmentApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: Unconditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawful proposed development for construction of extension at rear of house (Class C3)

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Knighton
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 26 Woodcroft Avenue. Leicester has handled 112 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Knighton. We hold 1,245 applications in total for the LE2 postcode area.

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

Postcode
LE2 6HU
Application type
Certificate of lawful proposed use/development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Target decision date
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
108 Belgrave Gate Leicester LE1 3GR

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

UPRN
2465068749
Documents
3

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.

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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    16 Apr

    Construction of single storey extension at rear of house (Class C3)

    RefusedOutline20250660

Source: Leicester

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