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159 Mere Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 3RN

26/00089/HPAHouseholder Prior ApprovalRefused
Householder

Refused on 21 April 2026

Council decision: Householder Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Proposed single storey rear extension extending 6.0 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling house at a maximum height of 3.0 metres with an eaves height of 2.90 metres

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Wigston St Wolstans Ward
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 159 Mere Road Wigston Leicestershire LE18 3RN. Oadby and Wigston has handled 43 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Oadby and Wigston's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Wigston St Wolstans Ward. We hold 218 applications in total for the LE18 postcode area.

90% of outline 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. In the presence of written objections the Council are required to assess the impacts of the proposed rear extension. That being the case it is the opinion of the Local Planning Authority that the depth of the extension beyond the rear wall (6.00m) is excessive and in breach of the 45 degree code from the nearest habitable room at the neighbouring property (No.161 Mere Road). The proposed extension is therefore considered to provide a detrimental impact of an overbearing and dominant nature, restricting daylight and sunlight from the neighbouring property. As such the proposal is contrary to the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (2019), Polices 6 and 44 of the Oadby & Wigston local Plan (2019) and the Residential Development Supplementary Planning Document (2019).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LE18 3RN
Application type
Householder Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Consultation expiry
8 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
8 April 2026
Target decision date
9 April 2026
Application expires
23 April 2026
Permission expires
21 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Architecture365 Ltd 20 Lynmouth Road Leicester LE5 1NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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.

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.

Source: Oadby and Wigston

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