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Land At 61 - 63 Coventry Road Market Harborough Leicestershire

24/01628/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 19 February 2025

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Redevelopment of an existing 2-storey boarding school to convert the building to accommodate a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) of 18 units, including part demolition and a rear extension. Change of use from boarding school (C2 Use Class) to larger HMO (Sui-Generis)

Received
16 December 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Market Harborough Logan
Agent
Tim Adams Architects Limited
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land At 61 - 63 Coventry Road Market Harborough Leicestershire. Harborough has handled 1,830 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Harborough's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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 9BX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
18
Parish
Market Harborough

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2024
Consultation expiry
14 February 2025
Consultation end
7 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
14 February 2025
Target decision date
10 February 2025
Committee meeting
18 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tim Adams Architects Limited
Architect profile
TIM ADAMS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Westwood Studios 59 Bitteswell Road Lutterworth LE17 4EP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
5 February 2025

Appeal history

6002790
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 June 2026Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13638313
Documents
46

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.

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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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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