Church The Green Newton Burgoland Leicestershire Data via plota.co.uk

26/00152/LBC - Listed Building Consent Validated

Proposal

Conversion of a former Congregational Church to form a single dwelling with the attached residential property (Listed Building Consent) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Feb 2026
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Consultation
31 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 31 Jul 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 14 Aug 2026; it is now day 246.

The consultation period closed on 14 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 3

4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 13, the Green, Grade II, about 26 m from the postcode pin · 4 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.
Show all 4 with distances
Historic England ↗
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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 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
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
LE67 2SS
Received
5 Feb 2026
Validated
5 Feb 2026
Ward
Appleby
Parish
Swepstone And Newton Burgoland
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
DS Architectural

Decision outlook

Day 246, past the statutory target. 53% of changes of use in North West Leicestershire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 246190 days past the 56-day target
21%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
5%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

13 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14680622
Planning Portal ref
PP-14680622
Neighbours
9 Feb 2026
Consultation
31 Jul 2026
Comments by
14 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
12 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
North West Leicestershire
Planning Authority Score
4.6/10
Below average
#170 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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