31 Horsefair Street, Permanent House, Ground, Part First, Third And Fifth Floors
Proposal
Notification of change of use from bank offices to 27 flats on levels 1-7
- Received
- 2 September 2026
- Decided
- 2 October 2026 · Refusal
- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Ward
- Castle
- ReceivedSubmitted2 Sep
- ValidatedValidated2 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Oct
- DecidedDecided2 Oct
Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)
This is a planning application for a change of use at 31 Horsefair Street, Permanent House, Ground, Part First, Third And Fifth Floors. Leicester has handled 5 applications of this type and approves very few of them, typically deciding them in 30 days. This one was decided in 30 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Castle.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Why it was refused
- The submitted plans do not include a floor plan indicating the total floor space in square metres of each dwellinghouse, the dimensions and proposed use of each room, the position and dimensions of windows, doors and walls, and the elevations of the dwellinghouses. As such the proposal does not comply with the any of the requirements of Paragraph W (2)(bc) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
- No layouts or orientations of the flats are proposed, nor are there details regarding the total floor space in square metres of each flat, or the dimensions and proposed use of each room. Therefore, there is insufficient information to determine compliance with the limitations and restrictions specified in Paragraph 9a (NDSS) of Article 3 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
From the council's decision notice.
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Leicester
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Town Hall Square
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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.
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