Land Off Chapel Lane Osgathorpe Leicestershire Data via plota.co.uk

25/01135/PIP - Permission In Principle Allowed on appeal

Proposal

Permission in principle for 1 self-build dwelling with associated garaging Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Aug 2025
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Validated
18 Aug 2025
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Consultation
21 Aug 2025
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Refused
4 Dec 2025
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Appeal allowed

Refused on 4 Dec 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by North West Leicestershire Planning Committee on 26 Nov 2025, in a recorded vote.

Refused by 7 votes to 0

Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.

  • Officers advised approval because the self-build benefits outweighed policy, transport and limited landscape harms.
  • The committee voted to refuse because the proposal conflicted with Local Plan Policies S2 and S3.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, committee debate, vote and reasons for refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of North West Leicestershire's committee minutes of 26 Nov 2025.

Documents 25

Consultation & comments 8

PDF SEVERN TRENT RESPONSE Consultation Response · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 25 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF OSGATHORPE PARISH COUNCIL Consultation Response · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 19 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 13 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF LCC HIGHWAYS RESPONSE Consultation Response · 8 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RESPONSE Consultation Response · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

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.
7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Hallington House, Grade II, about 37 m from the postcode pin · 7 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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 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

Application type
Permission In Principle
Received
11 Aug 2025
Validated
18 Aug 2025
Ward
Valley
Parish
Osgathorpe
Case officer
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Target decision
4 Dec 2025
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
4 Dec 2025
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Housemartin Designs

How this decision compares

Decided in 108 days from validation, 52 days slower than North West Leicestershire's median of 56 for outline applications. Approved, as 56% of outline applications here are.

51%decided within 8 weeks
56%approved
15%go to committee

Plota live figures for outline applications decided by North West Leicestershire in the last twelve months, from validation. North West Leicestershire decision record →

Public comments

2comments received
2 supporting

8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 14 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
14 Nov 2025
Consultation
21 Aug 2025
Comments by
20 Nov 2025
Site or press notice
6 Nov 2025
Committee
26 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
22 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No
North West Leicestershire
Planning Authority Score
4.6/10
Below average
#170 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

North West Leicestershire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #211 out of 296. 51% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
North West Leicestershire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #23 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #38 of 296
55%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #211 of 296
51%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #231 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
82 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
97%
Change of use approved
38 decided
555
Total decisions
25 refused in the year to March 2026