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Swallow Barn Gilmorton Lane Willoughby Waterleys Leicestershire LE8 6UE

25/01709/CLUApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 26 February 2026

Council decision: Approve

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Development for the installation of a sand covered equine exercise track within an existing enclosed paddock for recreation/domestic equestrian use

Received
4 December 2025
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 73 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Swallow Barn Gilmorton Lane Willoughby Waterleys Leicestershire LE8 6UE. Harborough has handled 7,412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Harborough's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,735 applications in total for the LE8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
LE8 6UE

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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: Harborough

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