Planning application
4 Winchester Avenue
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawful existing development for use as house in multiple occupation (Class C4)
As published by the council, reference 20260688
Application record
- Reference
- 20260688
- Type
- Certificate of lawful existing use/development
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Unconditional approval
- Received
- 18 May 2026
- Validated
- 19 May 2026
- Decided
- 13 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- LE3 1AU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 May 2026
Received by Leicester
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19 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
13 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Unconditional approval
-
22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Leicester granted permission on 13 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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