16 Hancox Close, Weston under Wetherley, Leamington Spa, CV33 9GD Data via plota.co.uk

W/25/1653 - Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Erection of two mast lights to serve existing horse riding arena (part-retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
27 Nov 2025
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Validated
6 Feb 2026
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Consultation
18 May 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Planning Commitee · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Warwick Planning Committee on 16 Sept 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the amended lighting was considered acceptable for neighbours, highways, ecology and the Green Belt, subject to conditions.
  • The parish council did not object, while seven objections raised concerns about glare, light intrusion, highway safety and wildlife.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, conditions and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Warwick's committee minutes of 16 Sept 2026.

Documents 33

Consultation & comments 19

PDF WCC Highways-revised response Consultation Response · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Environmental Protection Consultation Response · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Health and community Protection Consultation Response · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 20 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Health and community protection Consultation Response · 6 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF WCC Highways Consultation Response · 5 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultation Response · 1 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 22 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Photos to accompany The Heath-Reids Objection Photo · 22 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Photo · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Photo · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Photo · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Green belt: Birmingham
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Warwick
Application type
Planning Permission
Postcode
CV33 9GD
Received
27 Nov 2025
Validated
6 Feb 2026
Ward
Radford Semele
Parish
Weston under Wetherley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Planning Commitee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 223 days from validation, 163 days slower than Warwick's median of 60 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 88% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

42%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
28decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by Warwick in the last twelve months, from validation. Warwick decision record →

Public comments

5comments received
5 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 17 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14517343
Planning Portal ref
PP-14517343
Neighbours
16 Feb 2026
Consultation
18 May 2026
Site or press notice
20 Feb 2026
Committee
16 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
18 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Warwick
Planning Authority Score
2.7/10
Poor
#245 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Warwick is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #249 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 57% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Warwick decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #121 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #140 of 296
47%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #249 of 296
57%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #261 of 296
60%
Minor dwellings approved
57 decided (1-9 homes)
71%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
36 decided
915
Total decisions
94 refused in the year to March 2026