The Robert Smyth School Burnmill Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7JG

23/00258/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 27 September 2023

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of a two storey building to form new classrooms and science facilities

Received: 16 February 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Harborough District Council
Ward: Market Harborough Logan

ReceivedReceived16 Feb
ValidatedValidated19 Apr
Consult.Consultation14 Sep
TargetTarget Date19 Jul
DecidedDecided27 Sep

Decided in 161 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Robert Smyth School Burnmill Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7JG. Harborough has handled 1,830 applications of this type. This one was decided in 223 days, 24 weeks longer than Harborough's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Market Harborough Logan. 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 7JG
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Market Harborough

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 April 2023
Consultation expiry: 14 September 2023
Consultation end: 14 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 17 May 2023
Target decision date: 19 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 170 Upper New Walk Leicester LE17QA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 25 May 2023
Site notice end: 24 May 2023

Appeal history

3324702

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 March 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

3321712

Allowed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 November 2023Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11928168
Documents: 27

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 and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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.

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2023
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Erection of a two storey building to form new classrooms and science facilities
This applicationApprovedFull23/00258/FUL

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Harborough

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