Foston Lodge Farm Welford Road Kilby Leicestershire LE8 5WD
Approved on 10 March 2017
Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior notification of change of use of existing agricultural buildings to commercial use (B1 business)
- Received
- 30 January 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Blaby District Council
- ReceivedReceived30 Jan
- ValidatedValidated30 Jan
- Consult.Consultation24 Feb
- TargetTarget Date27 Mar
- DecidedDecided10 Mar
Decided in 39 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Foston Lodge Farm Welford Road Kilby Leicestershire LE8 5WD. Blaby has handled 2,067 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Blaby's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,732 applications in total for the LE8 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- LE8 5WD
- Application type
- Class R - Agr Blds to Commercial
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Kilby Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 January 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 27 February 2017
- Consultation start
- 3 February 2017
- Consultation end
- 24 February 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 February 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 February 2017
- Last date for comments
- 27 February 2017
- Target decision date
- 27 March 2017
- Permission expires
- 10 March 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Tim Fox 6 Lewis Court Thorpe Way Enderby Leicester LE19 1SD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 6 February 2017
- Site notice end
- 27 February 2017
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202230 Aug
Application to determine if approval is required for open sided steel frame agricultural building to cover…
ApprovedAgricultural Prior Approval Application22/0893/AGR - 201814 May
Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion relating to proposed 73 ha solar farm.
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion18/05/EIASCR - 20165 Sep
Change of use of existing agricultural buildings to commercial/workshop use
WithdrawnFull Application16/1227/FUL - 201630 Aug
Change of use of land from agricultural to caravan storage facility (maximum 150 caravans) including…
WithdrawnFull Application16/1225/FUL
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