Skip to content

25A Cedar Road

20260285Notification of change of use from Class E to Housing C3Refused
Prior approval

Refused on 11 May 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Notification of change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stoneygate
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 25A Cedar Road. Leicester has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days 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 47 applications across Stoneygate.

71% of amendment applications at Leicester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Why it was refused

  1. The submitted plans do not include dimensions (widths or lengths) of the windows, doors and walls or the total floor space in square metres of the dwellinghouse; the proposal cannot be assessed against the Nationally Described Space Standard As such the proposed development does not meet the requirements of paragraph W (2) (bc) of Part 3 of Schedule 2, or the provisions of paragraph 9(a) or Article 3 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
  2. The submitted plans show proposed external alterations and installation of new windows and doors on the building.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Notification of change of use from Class E to Housing C3
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Consultation expiry
19 April 2026
Consultation start
27 March 2026
Consultation end
19 April 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 7B, Bill House 183 Great Bridge Street West Bromwich West Midlands B70 0DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Leicester City Council HMO Article 4 Direction 2021
  • 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report