The Grange Dingley Road Great Bowden Leicestershire LE16 7ET

16/01674/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 3 February 2017

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of land by construction of a tennis court for private domestic use

Received: 14 October 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Harborough District Council
Ward: Market Harborough - Grt Bowden And Arden

ReceivedReceived14 Oct
ValidatedValidated21 Oct
Consult.Consultation16 Nov
TargetTarget Date16 Dec
DecidedDecided3 Feb

Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Grange Dingley Road Great Bowden Leicestershire LE16 7ET. Harborough has handled 1,830 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Harborough's typical decision time. There have been 26 other applications at this address. We hold 3,445 applications in total for the LE16 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Harborough District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: LE16 7ET
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Great Bowden

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 October 2016
Consultation expiry: 1 December 2016
Consultation end: 16 November 2016
Neighbour consultation start: 26 October 2016
Neighbour consultation end: 16 November 2016
Target decision date: 16 December 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 26 Goward Street Market Harborough LE16 9AF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 10 November 2016
Advertisement expiry: 1 December 2016
Site notice start: 27 October 2016
Site notice end: 17 November 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-05550338
Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Great Bowden
Listed building: Grade II: The VicarageOn or next to this site · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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