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Land at Watermead Business Park Thurmaston Leicestershire

P/23/0668/2Outline Planning PermissionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 July 2024

Council decision: GRANT CONDITIONALLYPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline Planning Application for construction of up to 61,000 m2 of E(g)(iii), B2 and B8 Use Class units, including site access and infrastructure, and biodiversity enhancemtn area (All matters reserved except for means of access).

Received
14 April 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Syston West|Thurmaston
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated3 May
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jul

Decided in 442 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land at Watermead Business Park Thurmaston Leicestershire. Charnwood has handled 521 applications of this type. This one was decided in 461 days, 59 weeks longer than Charnwood's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

87% of outline applications at Charnwood Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Outline Planning Permission
Development type
B2 General Industrial
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Syston|Thurmaston

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 May 2023
Consultation expiry
29 November 2023
Consultation start
3 May 2023
Consultation end
29 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
3 May 2023
Last date for comments
29 November 2023
Target decision date
15 July 2024
Committee meeting
25 January 2024
Application expires
14 July 2023
Permission expires
18 July 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
439 days

Publicity

First advertised
12 May 2023
Site notice start
3 May 2023

Additional information

Documents
179

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

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© 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.

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