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26/00147/GDOAGR - Agricultural P D Notification Approved

Proposal

Creation of new agricultural field track under Part 6 Class A of the GDPO Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:50

Application progress

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Received

20 Feb 2026

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Validated

24 Feb 2026

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Approved

24 Mar 2026

Approved on 24 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Delegated report Officer Notes · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Application form redacted 20.02.2026 Forms and plans · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Site block plan 20.02.2026 Forms and plans · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Freeby conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1187 m away: Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, at pre-application; Priority habitat about 32 m away: Traditional orchard.

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: Agricultural P D Notification
Postcode: LE14 2SQ
Received: 20 Feb 2026
Validated: 24 Feb 2026
Ward: Wymondham
Parish: Freeby
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Mar 2026
Decision: General Development Order Approval
Decision date: 24 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Rural Insight Land & Development

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, about the council's usual 30 days. Approved, as 100% of prior approvals here are.

This one28d

Council30d

UK33d

67%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

27decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14722947
Planning Portal ref: PP-14722947
Statutory expiry: 24 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

Melton

Planning Authority Score

2.1/10

Poor

#269 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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