Football ground facilities at 44 Braunstone Lane East, Rowley Fields

Summary of planning committee decision

Decided by Leicester Planning and Development Control Committee on 10 Dec 2025.

20221535Approved

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

Who spoke

The planning officer presented the report, and a councillor represented the applicant in favour of the application and answered Members’ questions.

Members considered it

Members considered the application on its individual merits before the Chair summarised the application and points raised by committee members.

“Members of the Committee considered the application on its individual merits.”

“The Chair summarised the application and points raised by Committee Members and moved that in accordance with the Officer recommendation, the application be approved. This was seconded by Councillor Batool, and upon being put to the vote, the motion was CARRIED.”

Minutes

The decision

Permission was granted for a limited period.

“RESOLVED: permission was granted for a limited period…”

Minutes

Permission conditions

The permission included conditions on timing, container removal and use, drainage, cycle parking, travel planning, parking and the approved plan.

“Within six months of the date of this permission, a Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) and management plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Those details shall include: (i) full design details, (ii) a timetable for its implementation, and (iii) a management and maintenance plan for the lifetime of the development which shall include the arrangements for adoption by any public body or statutory undertaker, or any other…”

“Within six months of the granting of permission, a Travel Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Travel Plan shall include reference to the use of marshals on match days, management of off-street car parking, information for supporters about existing parking availability, measures to encourage car sharing/use of sustainable modes of transport, reiterate the measure to manage parking, and an implementation schedule.”

Minutes

Sources

  • Leicester Planning and Development Control Committee minutes, 10 December 2025
  • Agenda and papers (council website)

Source: Plota analysis of Leicester's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.

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At the meeting

Council
Leicester
Date
Wednesday 10 December 2025
Committee decided
Approved
Minutes
The council's minutes
Meeting
Agenda and papers (council website)
Application
The application (council website)

This committee's year

16 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting.

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