1 Chapel Lane Ab Kettleby Leicestershire LE14 3HS Data via plota.co.uk

26/00785/FUL - Full Application Pending

Proposal

Conversion of Dwelling into Tearoom, Postal Facilities and 2no. apartments at first floor level. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
1 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
9 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 27 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 11 Dec 2026 and 21 Jan 2027, from Melton's recent full applications.

The consultation period closed on 8 Oct 2026.

Site constraints 9

Ab Kettleby 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 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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 6
An estimated 30% or more 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.
UKHSA radon ↗
Public footpath 26 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Number 21 and Attached Outbuilding, Grade II, 39 m away · 1 Grade II*, 2 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 3 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 168 m away: Moated site at Ab Kettleby; National infrastructure project: Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, at pre-application; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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

Building

Floor area80 m² (861 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (36 out of 100), could reach C
PropertySemi-detached house, 3 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingRoom heaters, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2025, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Melton
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
LE14 3HS
Received
1 Sept 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Ward
Old Dalby
Parish
Ab Kettleby
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
McMullan Architects

Decision outlook

Day 57 of the 56-day target. Melton usually decides full applications by day 118.

Day 5761 days to the predicted decision (day 118)
15%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
6%go to committee

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

Public comments

36comments received
20 objecting1 neutral15 supporting

56% object · below the UK average of 74%

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15143432
Planning Portal ref
PP-15143432
Neighbours
9 Sept 2026
Consultation
9 Sept 2026
Comments by
8 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
10 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
27 Oct 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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.