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20260007 - Operational development - full application Decided

Proposal

Demolition of garage at rear; construction of single storey extension at side and rear; construction of canopy at rear; proposed decking at rear of house (Class C3); alterations Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Jan 2026
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Validated
20 Jan 2026
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Committee
4 Mar 2026
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Decided
5 Mar 2026

Decided on 5 Mar 2026 · Committee · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Leicester Planning and Development Control Committee on 4 Mar 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • There were no additional speakers; members considered the report and raised comments and questions.
  • The committee approved the application by vote and granted permission subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, committee discussion, vote, decision and planning conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Leicester's committee minutes of 4 Mar 2026.

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Local nature reserve about 315 m away: Knighton Spinney
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Inside the Leicester built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Leicester
Application type
Operational development - full application
Postcode
LE2 3YN
Received
5 Jan 2026
Validated
20 Jan 2026
Ward
Knighton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Mar 2026
Decision date
5 Mar 2026
Decision level
Committee
Agent
Nils Feldmann

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PUR7919
Consultation
21 Jan 2026
Comments by
11 Feb 2026
Committee
4 Mar 2026
Leicester
Planning Authority Score
2.2/10
Poor
#267 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Leicester is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #232 out of 296. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (85%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Leicester decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #249 of 296
85%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #250 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #232 of 296
48%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #215 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
85 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
62%
Change of use approved
85 decided
1,069
Total decisions
195 refused in the year to March 2026