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30 Main Street, Cossington, Leicestershire, LE7 4UU

P/26/0295/2CL (existing)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 6 November 2026

3 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawful development (existing) for confirmation that the development with planning permission reference P/19/1218/2 commenced before the time limit for implementing specified in condition 1.

Received
16 February 2026
Ward
Wreake Valley
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 254 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 30 Main Street, Cossington, Leicestershire, LE7 4UU. Charnwood has handled 291 applications of this type. This one was decided in 263 days, 31 weeks longer than Charnwood's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Wreake Valley. We hold 2,742 applications in total for the LE7 postcode area.

80% of amendment applications at Charnwood Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. Insufficient information provided to demonstrate that the development with planning permission (reference P/19/1218/2) granted on 20 December 2019 for the conversion of building to dwelling commenced before the time limit for implementing specified in condition 1 (that is, that the development commenced no later than 3 years from the date of the said planning permission).
  2. Sufficient evidence has not been submitted with the application to demonstrate that on the balance of probability the development with planning permission (reference P/19/1218/2) for the conversion of building to dwelling commenced before the time limit for implementing specified in condition 1 of the planning permission.
  3. Insufficient evidence is submitted with the application to demonstrate that on the balance of probability that the conversion of building to existing use (C3- Dwellinghouses) commenced as described in the Frist Schedule.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LE7 4UU
Application type
CL (existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cossington

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
24 February 2026
Consultation start
24 February 2026
Consultation end
24 February 2026
Application expires
13 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
47 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Conservation area: CossingtonNext to 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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: Charnwood

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