Planning application
12-20 Market Place and Car Park Adjacent 44-46 Cank Street
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Demolition of 12-20 Market Place, construction of new buttress supporting walls and creation of a new landscaped pedestrian link
As published by the council, reference 20261475
Application record
- Reference
- 20261475
- Type
- City Council Regulation 3
- Status
- Pending decision
- Received
- 29 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 30 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Castle
- Decision by
- Delegated
Comment by 29 October 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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29 Sep 2026
Received by Leicester
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30 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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3 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 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
34 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Leicester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Leicester's median decision took 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About less common application types
This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.
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