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38 Houghton Street

20260333Certificate of lawful proposed use/developmentApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Unconditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawful proposed development for the conversion of loft space to a habitable bedroom; installation of velux windows to front and rear of house (Class C3)

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Evington
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for window replacement at 38 Houghton Street. Leicester has handled 112 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days 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 42 applications across North Evington. We hold 266 applications in total for the LE5 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
LE5 0EE
Application type
Certificate of lawful proposed use/development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Target decision date
7 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9 REDVERS AVENUE Leicester LE7 9HX

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

UPRN
2465104910
Documents
5

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

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.

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