Barn Owl Cottage Coston Road Sproxton Leicestershire LE14 4QB Data via plota.co.uk

26/00373/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of approved Stables/Carport to annex ancillary to Barn Owl Cottage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

29 Apr 2026

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Validated

30 Apr 2026

✓

Consultation

6 May 2026

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Approved

15 Jul 2026

Approved on 15 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Associated applications 2

Part of

FullApproved5 Sep 2022council archive
- FullChange of use of approved Stables/Carport to annex ancillary to Barn Owl CottageThis application30 Apr 202626/00373/FUL

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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) agrees.

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.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

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Also on the record

Conservation area about 32 m away: Sproxton; National infrastructure project about 885 m away: Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, at pre-application.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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: Melton
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: LE14 4QB
Received: 29 Apr 2026
Validated: 30 Apr 2026
Ward: Wymondham
Parish: Sproxton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Jun 2026
Decision: Permit
Decision date: 15 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 76 days from validation, about the council's usual 78 days. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

This one76d

Council78d

UK55d

31%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

89decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Melton in the last twelve months, from validation. Melton decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 30 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14891939
Planning Portal ref: PP-14891939
Neighbours: 6 May 2026
Consultation: 6 May 2026
Comments by: 8 Jun 2026
Site or press notice: 18 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 25 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2021 Approved

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Removal of Maple tree

21/00893/ENQT5D 24 Aug 2021

2021 Approved

Stone Cottage 19 Coston Road Sproxton LE14 4QB

Removal of three trees T1 swedish whitebeam T2 mountain ash/rowan T3 silver birch

21/00163/TCA 23 Mar 2021

2021 Approved

Stone Cottage 19 Coston Road Sproxton LE14 4QB

Removal of three trees T1 swedish whitebeam T2 mountain ash/rowan T3 silver birch

21/00163/TCA 23 Mar 2021

2017 Approved

The Old Barn 30 Coston Road Sproxton LE14 4QB

T1 - Leyland - Fell

17/01038/TCA 28 Sep 2017

2017 Approved

The Old Barn 30 Coston Road Sproxton LE14 4QB

T1 - Leyland - Fell

17/01038/TCA 28 Sep 2017

2017 Approved

The Old Barn 30 Coston Road Sproxton LE14 4QB

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Melton

Planning Authority Score

2.1/10

Poor

#269 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Melton is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #296 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 75% 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 (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

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Melton decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #60 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #112 of 296

11%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #296 of 296

75%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #292 of 296

87%

Minor dwellings approved

47 decided (1-9 homes)

94%

Major dwellings approved

16 decided (10+ homes)

78%

Change of use approved

9 decided

308

Total decisions

23 refused in the year to March 2026

Barn Owl Cottage Coston Road Sproxton Leicestershire LE14 4QB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 8

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 5

Consultation & comments 1

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 4

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