Land To The South Of Pilton Village Luffenham Lane Pilton Rutland

2025/1378/MAFMajor - Full applicationApproved

Full

Approved on 7 August 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)23 conditions

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Proposal

S73 application for variation of condition 13 (Construction Traffic Routing) in relation to 2024/0300/MAF (installation and operation of a solar farm together with all associated works, equipment, necessary infrastructure and biodiversity enhancement areas).

Received: 28 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Rutland County Council
Ward: Braunston & Martinsthorpe Ward
Agent: Pegasus Group

ReceivedReceived28 Oct
ValidatedValidated28 Oct
Consult.Consultation30 Jul
TargetTarget Date1 Jul
DecidedDecided7 Aug

Decided in 283 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land To The South Of Pilton Village Luffenham Lane Pilton Rutland. Rutland has handled 1,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 283 days, 33 weeks longer than Rutland's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 192 applications across Braunston & Martinsthorpe Ward.

86% of full applications at Rutland County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Major - Full application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Morcott Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 4 April 2026
Consultation start: 13 March 2026
Consultation end: 30 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 26 November 2025
Last date for comments: 4 April 2026
Target decision date: 1 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Pegasus Group
Architect profile: PEGASUS PLANNING GROUP LIMITED
Agent address: 33 Sheep Street Cirencester GL7 1RQ

Planning decision

Case officer: Nick Thrower
Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 13 November 2025
Advertisement expiry: 4 December 2025
Site notice start: 7 November 2025
Site notice end: 28 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13823083
Documents: 41

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: WingPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Corner FarmhouseOn or next to this site · +5 more
SSSI: Wing Water Treatment Works SSSIPart of the site

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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.

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