Planning application
3-5 Salisbury Road
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from university teaching and administration building to fifteen student flats (15 x studio) (sui generis), bin and cycle stores to side (subject to legal agreement)
As published by the council, reference 20251752
Application record
- Reference
- 20251752
- Type
- Operational development - full application
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Received
- 3 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 28 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Castle
- Decision by
- Committee
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Nov 2025
Received by Leicester
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28 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Aug 2026
Status changed to Pending Decision
Previously Pending decision.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 23 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Leicester took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
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