Planning application
97 Church Gate, Site Of
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Construction of temporary car park for 1 year period
As published by the council, reference 20261084
Application record
- Reference
- 20261084
- Type
- Operational development - full application
- Status
- Pending decision
- Received
- 17 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 7 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Castle
- Decision by
- Delegated
Comment by 29 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Leicester through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jul 2026
Received by Leicester
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7 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 2 November 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
3 documents on file for this application
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