Kings Farm 4 Digby Drive North Luffenham Rutland LE15 8JS
Refused on 6 July 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Replace existing timber rotted window frames with single glazing with specialist uPVC sash casement with specialist double glazing. The profiles will match the existing timber casements apart from Dormer window (W13). Repair to the part perished stone lintel above W11 with new stone soldiers to match existing. Replacement of perished timber lintels with new oak lintels to match the existing. Resetting of stone cills, where required.
- Received
- 6 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Rutland County Council
- Ward
- Normanton Ward
- Agent
- Parkinson Dodson & Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived6 Feb
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation18 Apr
- TargetTarget Date6 Jul
- DecidedDecided6 Jul
Decided in 104 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a dormer extension at Kings Farm 4 Digby Drive North Luffenham Rutland LE15 8JS. Rutland has handled 287 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 14 weeks longer than Rutland's typical decision time. The site is in the North Luffenham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Normanton Ward. We hold 3,197 applications in total for the LE15 postcode area.
86% of heritage applications at Rutland County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- The replacement of the windows from timber to UPVC is not considered to be a suitable material for use in a listed building by virtue of the loss of traditional materials and detailing resulting in the loss of significance attributed by the special architectural and historic interest that the grade 2 building possesses. The proposal therefore fails to preserve the special interest of the Heritage Asset, contrary to Sections 16 and 66 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The harm identified is not supported by clear and convincing justification, as required by Section 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Furthermore, the site will also be visually different from the wider historic environment in terms of glimpses of views from the Conservation Area resulting in a visual change offered by the replacement UPVC windows and the gradual decline of materials within the historic environment can contribute to loss of local distinctiveness, characterised by the settlement. As such the proposed alteration to UPVC for windows is considered to result in harm bordering on substantial harm on the significance of the Heritage Asset, which is not considered to be outweighed by the public benefit. The proposal therefore conflicts with the statutory duty to preserve heritage assets and is contrary to Section 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework, Policy CS22 of the Core Strategy (2011), Policy SP20 of the Site Allocations and Policies DPD (2014), and the guidance set out in the Supplementary Planning Document: Window and Door Design Guidance for Rutland (2025),
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- LE15 8JS
- Application type
- Listed Building Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- North Luffenham Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 25 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 25 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Parkinson Dodson & Associates Ltd
- Agent address
- The Police House Ketton Road North Luffenham Oakham Rutland LE15 8JY
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Fiona Wallace
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14671531
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: North LuffenhamPart of the site
- Listed building: Grade II: Gate Piers, Gate, Wall and Outhouse at King'S FarmhouseOn this site · +1 more
- 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 (20)
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, SSSIs, 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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