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Ironstone Lodge Stone Penn Lane Holwell Melton Mowbray LE14 4SU

26/00092/FULRefused

Refused on 12 May 2026

Council decision: Refuse4 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a replacement, single residential dwelling and associated garden.

Received
5 February 2026
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 92 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Ironstone Lodge Stone Penn Lane Holwell Melton Mowbray LE14 4SU. Melton has handled 2,311 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Melton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,372 applications in total for the LE14 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development fails to meet the criteria for rural workers' dwelling, as it has not been satisfactorily demonstrated that the equestrian enterprise is economically viable, that there is an essential, permanent and full-time functional need for on-site labour, or that there is a clear necessity for a worker(s) to live on or in close proximity to the premises.
  2. The proposed development would be carried out on land not within the residential curtilage as outlined within application ref: 08/00661/CL and therefore the proposed development would result in an isolated dwelling within the open countryside without a demonstrated rural need contrary to Policies SS2 and SS3 of the Melton Local Plan.
  3. Furthermore, the dwelling is not appropriately justified in terms of its size, scale or design and therefore fails to accord with Policy D1 and SS3 of the Melton Local Plan.
  4. There has been insufficient information submitted with this application relating to ecology and trees, therefore, the proposal would not accord with Policies EN1 and EN2 of the Melton Local Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LE14 4SU

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
HSSP ARCHITECTS LIMITED

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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