5 Market Street, Land Outside Data via plota.co.uk

20261192 - Advertisement consent Pending decision

Proposal

Installation of one internally illuminated digital advertisement screen to communication kiosk Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2026
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Validated
18 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 12 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 26 Oct 2026, from Leicester's recent advertisement consent.

Site constraints 7

Market Street conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Air quality management area: Leicester AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
40 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 6 and 8, Market Street, Grade II, about 18 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II*, 32 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Scheduled monument about 109 m away: Greyfriars, Leicester
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 23 m away: Market Place, Leicester; Registered park or garden about 160 m away: New Walk, Leicester; Inside the Leicester built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 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
Advertisement consent
Postcode
LE1 6DN
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Ward
Castle
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated

Decision outlook

Day 52 of the 56-day target. Leicester usually decides advertisement consent by day 69.

Day 5217 days to the predicted decision (day 69)
35%decided within 8 weeks
65%approved
26decided in the last year

Plota live figures for advertisement consent decided by Leicester in the last twelve months, from validation. Leicester decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
AAA0202
Leicester
Planning Authority Score
2.2/10
Poor
#267 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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