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2 Ratby Lane Leicester Forest East Leicester Leicestershire LE3 3LF

25/0979/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 9 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to residential childrens home (Use Class C2) to accommodate a maximum of 4 children.

Received
4 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.8 Dec
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Ratby Lane Leicester Forest East Leicester Leicestershire LE3 3LF. Blaby has handled 954 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Blaby's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe. We hold 323 applications in total for the LE3 postcode area.

95% of full 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
LE3 3LF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leicester Forest East Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
11 December 2025
Consultation end
8 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
8 December 2025
Last date for comments
11 December 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026
Permission expires
9 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Rebekah Newman
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
11 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14442600
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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.

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