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Apple Tree Cottage Littleworth Lane Belton In Rutland Rutland LE15 9JZ

2026/0193/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 22 April 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Creation of a replacement driveway to the north of the dwelling including a dropped kerb and hard surfaced access to the highway, replacement of the picket fencing with a brick wall up to a maximum 2 metres in height, the provision of a metal gate with a hardsurfaced driveway for vehicular parking within the boundary of the property.

Received
13 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Braunston & Martinsthorpe Ward
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Apple Tree Cottage Littleworth Lane Belton In Rutland Rutland LE15 9JZ. Rutland has handled 1,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 weeks longer than Rutland's typical decision time. The site is in the Belton-in-Rutland conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 191 applications across Braunston & Martinsthorpe Ward. We hold 3,197 applications in total for the LE15 postcode area.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed wall would be visually harmful to the site, street scene and appearance of the conservation area by reason of siting, design, scale and materials. The proposals would be contrary to sections 12 and 16 of the NPPF, Policies CS19 and CS22 of the Rutland Core Strategy, Policies SP15 and SP20 of the Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document and s.72 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The harm would be less than substantial with no public benefit identified to outweigh this harm.
  2. Based on the information submitted, the applicant has failed to provide sufficient evidence to satisfy the Local Planning Authority that the proposals would be acceptable on highway safety grounds. The proposed gates would not be set a sufficient distance from the highway to allow vehicles to pull clear of the highway, required visibility splays have not been demonstrated and insufficient parking details have been provided. The proposal is therefore contrary to policy SP15 of the Site Allocations and Policies DPD which requires safe access and adequate parking facilities.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LE15 9JZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Belton In Rutland Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation start
4 March 2026
Consultation end
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 March 2026
Last date for comments
2 April 2026
Target decision date
24 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Joe Mitson
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
2 April 2026
Site notice start
12 March 2026
Site notice end
2 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14704522
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Belton-in-Rutland
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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: Rutland

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