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Field OS 0044 Wymondham Road Saxby

25/01258/GDOCOUPrior Notification of Change of UseApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 5 February 2026

Council decision: General Development Order ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for the change of use of agricultural buildings to 10 dwellings under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Wymondham
Agent
Mark Architecture Ltd.
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Field OS 0044 Wymondham Road Saxby. Melton has handled 114 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Melton'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 13 applications across Wymondham.

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

Application type
Prior Notification of Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
10
Parish
Freeby

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
13 January 2026
Consultation start
18 December 2025
Consultation end
8 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
8 January 2026
Last date for comments
13 January 2026
Target decision date
28 January 2026
Permission expires
5 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mark Architecture Ltd.
Architect profile
MARK ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
1 Vicary Lane Woodhouse LE12 8UL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 December 2025
Site notice end
13 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14459400
Documents
18
Constraints
4

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.

Source: Melton

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