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Land North Of Leicester Road Sharnford Leicestershire

24/0834/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 4 July 2025

Planning committee1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application for a) provision of up to 98 dwellings constituting up to 30 Affordable Housing units, up to 57 Open Market Housing units and up to 11 serviced plots for self-build and custom housebuilding, b) hedge and tree removal with (re)planting where relevant, c) provision of a mobility hub and d) with all matters reserved except access

Received
3 October 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
210
Ward
Fosse Highcross
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 274 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North Of Leicester Road Sharnford Leicestershire. Blaby has handled 160 applications of this type. This one was decided in 274 days, 31 weeks longer than Blaby's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Fosse Highcross.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The application proposes the development of up to 98 dwellings in the countryside on the edge of Sharnford, which is designated as a 'smaller village' in the Blaby District Local Plan (Core Strategy) 2013 and where Policy CS5 provides for only modest levels of growth commensurate with its size, services and facilities. Sharnford has a limited range of services and facilities and limited opportunities for accessibility to nearby settlements by non-car modes. Future residents of the development would therefore be reliant on the private car to meet their day-to-day needs, resulting in an

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
98
Parish
Sharnford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2024
Consultation expiry
25 March 2025
Consultation start
3 March 2025
Consultation end
24 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 March 2025
Last date for comments
25 March 2025
Target decision date
2 January 2025
Committee meeting
3 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Clarity Midlands Limited Walton Hall Chapel Lane Walton Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 5RL

Planning decision

Case officer
Helen Wallis
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 November 2024
Advertisement expiry
22 November 2024
Site notice start
30 October 2024
Site notice end
20 November 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference
25/0013/REF
Appeal status
Appeal lodged

Appeal history

3369148
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 January 2026Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13432065
Documents
129

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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.

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

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

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