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Proposal
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to children's residential care home (max 3 children) (Class C2) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 6 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Sept 2026
Documents 51
Decision & officer reports 3
Plans & drawings 4
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 23
Other documents 20
Site constraints 2
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £200,000 in June 2025. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Leicester
- Application type
- Operational development - full application
- Postcode
- LE5 0RD
- Received
- 12 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 13 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Humberstone & Hamilton
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 9 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Refusal
- Decision date
- 6 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 13 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6010659 ↗
- Agent
- Design Studio Architects
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 52 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 98% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Leicester in the last twelve months, from validation. Leicester decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Planning Portal ref
- TKC9409
- Consultation
- 13 Jan 2026
- Comments by
- 3 Feb 2026
Historical activity at this location
9 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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