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7 Vicarage Gardens

20261142Certificate of lawful proposed use/developmentApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 September 2026

Council decision: Unconditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Certificate of lawful proposed development for installation of 3 rooflights and 1 window at front; construction of dormer at rear; alterations to dwellinghouse (Class C3)

Received
31 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Humberstone & Hamilton
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Sep
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 7 Vicarage Gardens. Leicester has handled 112 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks 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 40 applications across Humberstone & Hamilton.

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

Application type
Certificate of lawful proposed use/development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2026
Target decision date
28 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Bridge Street Row West Chester CH1 1NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Registered park and garden: Abbey Park
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 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

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