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37 Barbara Avenue

20261098Operational development - full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of garage to side; construction of two storey extension at side; construction of dormer at rear; alterations to house (Class C3)

Received
22 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thurncourt
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.17 Aug
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 37 Barbara Avenue. Leicester has handled 1,027 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 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 32 applications across Thurncourt. 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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Application details

Postcode
LE5 2AD
Application type
Operational development - full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2026
Consultation expiry
17 August 2026
Consultation start
27 July 2026
Consultation end
17 August 2026
Target decision date
16 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Elk Architecture Ltd LCB Depot 31 Rutland Street Leicester LE1 1RE

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

UPRN
2465000844
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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© 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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