Tranter Fire And Security Systems Ltd High Street Oadby Leicestershire LE2 5DE

1. 1.All the proposed units fall below the required standards for two storey one bed dwellings. The shortfall in overall floor areas may be greater given that the pitch of the proposed roof may prevent minimum roof heights being achieved. The limited size of the proposed units would lead to unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers. As such, the proposed development would be contrary to the Technical Housing Standards, Policy 11 of the Oadby and Wigston Local Plan (2019 and the Residential Development SPF (2019).
2. 2.The limited space to the rear of the proposed development would not incorporate any opportunity for activities such as seating, relaxation, exercise and out -door drying. It is therefore concluded that suitable living conditions would not be provided for future occupiers with regards to external amenity space and the proposal would therefore not accord with the provisions of Policies 6 and 44 of the Oadby and Wigston Local Plan (2019) and the Residential Development SPD.
3. 3.The proposal by virtue of its inappropriate siting, design, size, scale, bulk and massing would represent an overdeveloped, overbearing and dominant form of development in relation to the street scene set on higher ground to which it would be overly dominant and out of keeping with the immediate locale. The proposal would also significantly reduce the views of the Church Spire of St Peters Church from New Street which positively contribute to the street scene and roof scape. It is therefore contrary to Local Plan Policy 6, 15 and 44 of the Oadby and Wigston Borough Council Local Plan 2019 and the requirements of the Residential Development Supplementary Planning Document (2019).
4. 4.The proposal fails to provide for affordable housing and is therefore contrary to the provisions of Policy 13 of the Oadby & Wigston Local Plan.
5. 5.The proposed increase in height of the application building, by reason of its scale, bulk and the siting along the side boundary, would result in a development causing harm to residential amenity of the occupiers of the neighbouring House in Multiple Occupation to the north-west due to overbearance, dominance and loss of light. As such the proposal would significantly harm the residential amenity and would be contrary to the aims and objectives of the NPPF, Policy 6 of the Oadby and Wigston Local Plan (2019) and the Residential Development Supplementary Planning Document (2019).
6. 6.The proposal does not make adequate provision for public open space which the Local Planning Authority considers necessary to support new dwellings. The proposal if approved without adequate provision would be detrimental to the amenities of the area and its residents and would create a precedent for other applications for new dwellings in the Borough which would be difficult to resist and which would seriously undermine the provision, improvement and maintenance of play and public open space. In view of the shortfall in public open space contributions the proposal conflicts with Policy 9 of the Oadby and Wigston Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
7. 7.In the absence of a Section 106 Agreement, the proposal does not make adequate provision for healthcare provision which Leicestershire County Council and the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board consider necessary to support the new dwellings. As such the proposal conflicts with Policy 46 of the Oadby and Wigston Local Plan and the Developer Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).
8. 8.The applicant has failed to provide a legal agreement to secure developer contributions toward GP facilities, and open space requirements as detailed above. The application therefore does not comply with the requirements of Policy 9 and Policy 46 of the Oadby and Wigston Local Plan (2019) and Developer Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (2019).

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

LE2 5DE

Date validated

2 February 2026

Decision issued

28 April 2026

Case officer

Tom White