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The Sun Inn 25 Main Street Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DH

2026/0390/ADVAdvertisement ConsentRefused

Refused on 8 July 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of illuminated and non-illuminated signs to the exterior of building. Sign A - 1 no. new fascia with signwritten letters, new trough light painted to match render. Sign B - 2 no. new A2 menu cases with printed back panels. Sign C - 6 no. new small lights. Sign D - 8 no. new warm white LED floodlights. Sign E - 1 no. new set of signwritten letters with refurbished 3D logo and amenity wording painted to render.

Received
31 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cottesmore Ward
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 99 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at The Sun Inn 25 Main Street Cottesmore Rutland LE15 7DH. Rutland has handled 16 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 7 weeks longer than Rutland's typical decision time. The site is in the Cottesmore conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Cottesmore Ward. We hold 3,197 applications in total for the LE15 postcode area.

91% of all 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 advertisements on the side elevation and the eaves lighting on the front elevation would detract from the simple cottage style elevations of the building which contribute to the significance of the listed building and therefore the positive role the building plays within the conservation area. The proposal would result in unnecessary clutter to the elevations and is therefore deemed visually unacceptable, harmful to the listed building and appearance of the conservation area. The proposal therefore conflicts with policies CS19 and CS22 of the Core Strategy, policies SP15, SP16 and SP20 of the Site Allocations and Policies DPD, policies COT H4 and H5 of the Neighbourhood Plan and the above-mentioned Act.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LE15 7DH
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cottesmore Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
5 May 2026
Consultation start
2 April 2026
Consultation end
25 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 April 2026
Last date for comments
5 May 2026
Target decision date
26 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
S R Signs
Agent address
Wortley Moor Lane Leeds LS12 4HX

Planning decision

Case officer
Joe Mitson
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 April 2026
Site notice end
5 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14823030
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: CottesmorePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Sun Inn Public HouseOn 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.

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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