Land To The West Of Breedon Lane Worthington LE65 1RA

1. 1.The proposed development would be located on land outside the Limits to Development, as defined on the Proposals Map to the adopted North West Leicestershire Local Plan (2021). Policy S2 of the Local Plan sets out the settlement hierarchy for development and supports development on greenfield land where it is within the Limits to Development. Policy S3 of the Local Plan sets out the types of development that can be supported in the countryside. Policy S3 does not support residential development on greenfield sites outside Limits to Development. In the opinion of the Local Planning Authority the proposal would conflict with the settlement hierarchy and strategic housing aims of Policy S2 of the Local Plan and would also be contrary to Policy S3 of the Local Plan, as it is not a form of development supported in the countryside under Policy S3. The proposal would also not fall within the forms of development permissible outside of settlements under NPPF (2026) Policy S5. The development would result in the loss of greenfield land located within the countryside and the introduction of an isolated dwelling and associated paraphernalia which in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority would give rise to harm to the character of the surrounding rural landscape which has an open and undeveloped, undulating character. It is contended that this harm could not be fully mitigated through design and landscaping at the technical details consent stage and therefore, the proposal would conflict with subparagraph (i) of the second part of Policy S3 of the Local Plan. Postal Address: NWLDC, PO Box 11051, Coalville, LE67 0FW | 01530 454545 The site location is such that it is not and cannot be made accessible by a range of sustainable transport, and so would also conflict with subparagraph (vi) of the second part of Policy S3 of the Local Plan. The site is also remote from basic services and facilities and there is a lack of reasonably or safely accessible sustainable transport options to higher order settlements which would provide services and facilities to meet the day-to-day needs of future occupiers. Therefore, the future occupants of the dwelling would be socially isolated and heavily reliant on the private car to access such services. The heavy reliance on the private car would conflict with the Framework objective of maximising the use of sustainable transport modes. As a result, to permit the development would be contrary to the environmental and social strands of sustainability enshrined within sustainable development Policy S5 of the NPPF and Policies S2 and S3 of the Local Plan (2021). Having regard to NPPF (2026) Policy S5(4), the benefits of this development would be substantially outweighed by the adverse effects when assessed against the national decision-making policies in the NPPF (2026) and there are no other material considerations that would outweigh this harm.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

LE65 1RA

Date validated

30 July 2026

Consultation end

4 September 2026

Target decision date

13 October 2026

Documents

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