37 Newarke Street, Sangha House
Proposal
Removal of conditions 2 (student occupancy) attached to planning permission 20071409 (Change of use of basement, part of ground floor, first, second and third floors from offices (Class B1) and fourth floor extension to provide one 1 bedroom selfcontained flat (Class C3) and forty bedrooms for student accommodation in the following configuration: two 1 bedroom flats, one 4 bedroom cluster flat, three 6 bedroom cluster flats, two 8 bedroom cluster flats (sui generis)) to allow the property to be used as accommodation for young professionals as well as students (flats B, C, E, G, H, J) (Class C3), as well as short term lets (Flats D, F) (Sui Generis).
- Received
- 12 October 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 December 2026
- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Ward
- Castle
- ReceivedReceived12 Oct
- ValidatedValidated20 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date14 Dec
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application for a change of use at 37 Newarke Street, Sangha House. Leicester has handled 140 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. It was submitted on 20 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Castle.
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- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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- 0.7 miLeicesterRTPI
- 16.4 miLeicestershireRTPI
- 19.9 miDerbyRTPI
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