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Notice varied and upheld18 May 20263377355

2-4 Colton Street, Leicester, LE1 1QA

Planning appeal 3377355 at 2-4 Colton Street, Leicester, LE1 1QA (Leicester City Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 18 May 2026 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the building and the St George's Conservation Area.

‘Without planning permission, the construction of a two-storey extension to the roof of the building’

Authority
Leicester City Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Hitchcock R
Postcode
LE1 1QA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the building and the St George's Conservation Area
  • the setting of 29 Rutland Street, a Grade II Listed Building

What decided it

The less-than-substantial harm to the St George's Conservation Area and the setting of the Grade II Listed Building, combined with conflict with up-to-date design policies, outweighs the benefit of additional housing delivery.

the public and private benefits of the additional housing delivery would not outweigh the totality of the harm to heritage assets and design quality, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS03Policy CS18
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 215

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