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The Water Tower 7B The Drive Countesthorpe Leicestershire LE8 5PB

23/0607/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 24 June 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Internal alterations to Grade II listed building including the erection of a mezzanine floor and stud walls in the existing pool room. Proposed new external door.

Received
14 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Countesthorpe
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.30 May
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 313 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Water Tower 7B The Drive Countesthorpe Leicestershire LE8 5PB. Blaby has handled 31 applications of this type. This one was decided in 346 days, 41 weeks longer than Blaby's typical decision time. The site is in 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Countesthorpe. We hold 1,732 applications in total for the LE8 postcode area.

96% of all applications at Blaby District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LE8 5PB
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Countesthorpe Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2023
Consultation expiry
30 May 2024
Consultation start
20 May 2024
Consultation end
30 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
22 February 2024
Last date for comments
30 May 2024
Target decision date
11 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Nest Architectural Ltd Unit B3 GND FLR Illuma Park Gelders Hall Road Shepshed LE12 9NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
16 September 2023
Site notice start
22 August 2023
Site notice end
12 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12292173
Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Blaby

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