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Melton Road, Rushey Mead Academy

20260101Notification of solar equipment on non domestic propertiesApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 March 2026

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Proposal

Notification of installation of solar panels to roof of building (Class F1)

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rushey Mead
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 45 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Melton Road, Rushey Mead Academy. Leicester has handled 2,222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Leicester's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Rushey Mead.

Application details

Application type
Notification of solar equipment on non domestic properties
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation start
2 February 2026
Consultation end
26 February 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
20 Hollicondane Road Ramsgate CT11 7PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 February 2026

Appeal history

6008012
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 August 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
6

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.

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: Leicester

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