Evington Lane, The Leicestershire Golf Club

20231076Application for a Screening OpinionRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 21 June 2023

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Screening opinion as to whether an Environmental Impact Assessment is required for: the creation of six ponds, new ditches & drainage, a new bridge, the raising and lowering of land; new and reshaped fairways, greens, tees & bunkers; the removal of trees, temporary access from the Gartree Road

Received: 24 May 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Leicester City Council
Ward: Evington

ReceivedReceived24 May
ValidatedValidated25 May
Consult.Consultation20 Jun
TargetTarget Date21 Jun
DecidedDecided21 Jun

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Evington Lane, The Leicestershire Golf Club. Leicester has handled 112 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Evington.

77% of outline applications at Leicester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Application for a Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 May 2023
Consultation expiry: 20 June 2023
Consultation end: 20 June 2023
Target decision date: 21 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Unit 11 Well House Barns Bretton Chester CH4 0DH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 27 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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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.

Source: Leicester

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