Cossington Mill, Syston Road, Cossington, LE7 4UZ Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/0030/2 Approved
Listed buildingsSolar & renewables

Proposal

13kw ground mounted solar panel array in rear garden and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jan 2026
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Approved
23 Mar 2026

Approved on 23 Mar 2026 · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 15

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officer Report Officers report · 30 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DEC_LBC Decision notice · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF Design and Access Statement Design and access statement · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk and Glint/Glare Assessment Flood risk assessment · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage Statement Supporting information · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF Block Plan Block plan · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Front and Side Elevation Elevation plan · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Location Plan Site location plan · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 7

PDF Site notice Site notice · 14 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Covering Letter Covering letter · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Fence Line Photo Photographs · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Ariel View - Solar Panels Photographs · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF View from Far Bridge Photographs · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF View from Near Bridge Photographs · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Works Detail Supporting information · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Cossington Mill
List entry 1228042 · 1 m away · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II)
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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Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. 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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 10 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

Building

Floor area322 m² (3,466 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (21 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingRoom heaters, electric
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2024, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Charnwood
Postcode
LE7 4UZ
Received
8 Jan 2026
Validated
8 Jan 2026
Case officer
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Decision
Grant Conditionally
Decision date
23 Mar 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 74 days from validation, 18 days slower than Charnwood's median of 56 for listed building works. Approved, as 93% of listed building works here are.

52%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
18,103decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent listed building works in Charnwood to go on. Charnwood decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
13 Jan 2026
Comments by
9 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
5 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Chestnut Farm, Syston Road, Cossington, Leicestershire, LE7 4UZ
Discharge of Conditions 4 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme), 5 (Surface water Management)…
P/24/0249/2
2024 Approved
Chestnut Farm, Syston Road, Cossington, Leicestershire, LE7 4UZ
Discharge of Conditions 4 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme), 5 (Surface water Management)…
P/24/0249/2
2021 Approved
Chestnut Farm, Syston Road, Cossington, Leicestershire, LE7 4UZ
Erection of a solar farm (26MW) with associated works, equipment and infrastructure
P/21/2661/2
2021 Approved
Chestnut Farm, Syston Road, Cossington, Leicestershire, LE7 4UZ
Erection of a solar farm (26MW) with associated works, equipment and infrastructure
P/21/2661/2
2020 Approved
Land at Chestnut Farm Syston Road Cossington Leicestershire LE7 4UZ
EIA Screening Opinion for proposed solar farm
P/20/2025/2
2020 Approved
Land at Chestnut Farm Syston Road Cossington Leicestershire LE7 4UZ
EIA Screening Opinion for proposed solar farm
P/20/2025/2
Charnwood
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#136 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Charnwood ranks #102 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Charnwood decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #166 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #216 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #102 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #108 of 296
73%
Minor dwellings approved
85 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
24 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
62 decided
872
Total decisions
110 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.