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Woodbine Farm Main Road Wyfordby LE14 4RY

19/01003/GDOCOUPrior Notification of Change of UseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 19 November 2019

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of prior approval for the conversion of agricultural buildings to five dwelling houses under Class Q part a [change of use] and part b [building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building]

Received
6 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Wymondham
Agent
Ross Thain Architects
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Woodbine Farm Main Road Wyfordby LE14 4RY. Melton has handled 114 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Melton'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 13 applications across Wymondham. We hold 1,372 applications in total for the LE14 postcode area.

93% of amendment applications at Melton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LE14 4RY
Application type
Prior Notification of Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Freeby

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2019
Consultation expiry
21 November 2019
Consultation start
24 October 2019
Consultation end
14 November 2019
Last date for comments
21 November 2019
Target decision date
20 November 2019
Permission expires
19 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ross Thain Architects
Agent address
20 Belton Street Stamford PE9 2EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
31 October 2019
Site notice end
21 November 2019

Additional information

Documents
7

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.

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

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