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Land OS 478437 311539 Leesthorpe Road Pickwell

25/01286/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 16 January 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Up to two self-build dwellings

Received
12 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Somerby
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land OS 478437 311539 Leesthorpe Road Pickwell. Melton has handled 157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 12 applications across Somerby.

90% of outline applications at Melton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. In considering matters relevant to this application with regard to location, land use and amount of development; the proposed construction of up to two self-build dwellings would result in a development that is not considered acceptable due to the principle of development conflicts with regards to the location of the application site sitting: outside to the limits to development for Pickwell, within an important open space and whereby limited substantive evidence with regards to a proven local housing need has been provided and the development would not be served by sustainable infrastructure and therefore future residents are likely to depend highly on the use of a private motor vehicle. The proposal therefore represents an unacceptable development in the open countryside and is not considered to be acceptable due to the conflict with Policy SS3 of the Melton Local Plan and Policy HR2, HR4 and ENV3 of the Somerby Neighbourhood Plan and the overall aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Somerby

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2025
Consultation expiry
13 January 2026
Consultation start
23 December 2025
Consultation end
9 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
13 January 2026
Last date for comments
13 January 2026
Target decision date
17 January 2026
Permission expires
16 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Marrons
Agent address
Waterfront House Waterfront Plaza 35 Station Street NG2 3DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

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

Appeal history

6008693
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 24 September 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
2

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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