Sconsborough Hill Farm Somerby Road Knossington Leicestershire LE15 8LY
Approved on 25 July 2023
Council decision: General Development Order ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Agricultural building for the storage of hay, feed and ancillary items associated with agricultural use
- Received
- 22 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Melton Borough Council
- Ward
- Somerby
- Agent
- Harris McCormack Architects
- ReceivedReceived22 Jun
- ValidatedValidated22 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 Jul
- DecidedDecided25 Jul
Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Sconsborough Hill Farm Somerby Road Knossington Leicestershire LE15 8LY. Melton has handled 63 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 12 applications across Somerby. We hold 3,189 applications in total for the LE15 postcode area.
95% of all 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
- LE15 8LY
- Application type
- Agricultural P D Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Knossington And Cold Overton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 20 July 2023
- Permission expires
- 25 July 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Harris McCormack Architects
- Architect profile
- HARRIS MCCORMACK ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Archaus Peterborough Road WANSFORD PE8 6JN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Knossington
- 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Melton
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