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16 Prince Drive Oadby Leicestershire LE2 4SB

25/00455/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 20 March 2026

Council decision: REFUSEDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Proposed change of use from Dwelling (C3) to Children's Care Home (C2) 2 Children aged between 8 and 16 by 10 staff (2 part time and 8 full time)

Received
17 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Oadby Woodlands Ward
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 16 Prince Drive Oadby Leicestershire LE2 4SB. Oadby and Wigston has handled 25 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Oadby and Wigston's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Oadby Woodlands Ward. We hold 1,245 applications in total for the LE2 postcode area.

65% of amendment applications at Oadby and Wigston 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. The proposal does not comply with the requirements of Policy 11 of the Oadby and Wigston Local Plan (April 2019) in that an identified need for the proposed accommodation has not been demonstrated.
  2. The proposal does not comply with the requirements of Policy 2 (Spatial Strategy for Development within the Borough) and Policy 11 (Housing Choices) of the Oadby and Wigston Local Plan (April 2019) as the incremental loss of a Class C3 dwelling would undermine the Council's strategy for increasing the supply of housing which meet the needs of the Borough.
  3. The fear of crime or anti-social behaviour could undermine community safety and cohesion, and noise and disturbance arising from the proposed use is likely to be harmful to the amenities of the occupiers of neighbouring homes. As such the proposal would conflict with the objectives of paragraphs 96 and 135 (f) of the NPPF and Policy 6 (Housing Delivery) of the Oadby and Wigston Local Plan (April 2019).
  4. Given the lack of detail provided in support of the application the property is not considered to be large enough to accommodate the use applied for and would therefore not accord with Policy 135 (f) of the NPPF which requires a high standard of amenity for users.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LE2 4SB
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2025
Consultation expiry
26 January 2026
Consultation start
2 January 2026
Consultation end
23 January 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026
Application expires
11 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
SI Designs 65 Greenacre Drive Leicester LE5 6TE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 January 2026
Site notice end
26 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
7

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.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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© 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.

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Source: Oadby and Wigston

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