Land South Of Hinckley Road Leicester Forest East

24/0615/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 November 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee36 conditions

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Proposal

Outline application for the demolition of buildings, alterations to existing farmhouse, and the erection of up to 145 new dwellings and creation of associated vehicular access to Hinckley Road and pedestrian/cycle access to Beggars Lane, and associated infrastructure and enabling earthworks, with all matters to be reserved except access points into the Site.

Received: 19 July 2024
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 24
Council: Blaby District Council
Ward: Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe

ReceivedReceived19 Jul
ValidatedValidated6 Aug
Consult.Consultation11 Apr
TargetTarget Date5 Nov
DecidedDecided21 Nov

Decided in 472 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Land South Of Hinckley Road Leicester Forest East. Blaby has handled 160 applications of this type. This one was decided in 490 days, 62 weeks longer than Blaby's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe.

94% of outline 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

Application type: Outline Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 145
Parish: Leicester Forest East Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 August 2024
Consultation expiry: 11 April 2025
Consultation start: 3 April 2025
Consultation end: 11 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 19 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 10 September 2024
Last date for comments: 11 April 2025
Target decision date: 5 November 2024
Committee meeting: 8 May 2025
Permission expires: 21 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: Marrons Bridgeway House, Bridgeway Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6YX

Planning decision

Case officer: Helen Wallis
Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 30 August 2024
Advertisement expiry: 21 September 2024
Site notice start: 14 August 2024
Site notice end: 4 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13120438
Documents: 96

Site constraints

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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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