67 Loughborough Road Coleorton Coalville Leicestershire LE67 8HJ Data via plota.co.uk

25/01523/PIP - Permission In Principle Refused

Proposal

Permission in Principle for the erection of two self-build dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Oct 2025
✓
Consultation
4 Nov 2025
✗
Refused
23 Jan 2026
Appeal
Appeal lodged

Refused on 23 Jan 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 5 Nov 2026

Planning committee

Decided by North West Leicestershire Planning Committee on 21 Jan 2026.

Refused

Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.

  • Officers advised approval because the self-build need and other benefits outweighed policy conflict and countryside harm.
  • The parish council and residents raised policy, landscape, amenity and highway concerns, while the agent supported approval in principle.
  • The committee voted to refuse because the proposal conflicted with Policies H2, 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 21 Jan 2026.

Documents 26

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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
1 listed building within 150 m; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Coleorton built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £800,000 in February 2024. Detached house, freehold.

14 February 2024£800,000
21 December 1995£142,600

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area160 m² (1,722 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (58 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 6 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Permission In Principle
Postcode
LE67 8HJ
Received
29 Oct 2025
Validated
29 Oct 2025
Ward
Valley
Parish
Swannington
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Jan 2026
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
23 Jan 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
David Granger Architectural Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 86 days from validation, 10 days slower than North West Leicestershire's median of 76 for new homes. Refused, as 29% of new homes here are.

34%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
7%go to committee

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
9 Jan 2026
Consultation
4 Nov 2025
Comments by
2 Dec 2025
Site or press notice
6 Nov 2025
Committee
21 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
3 Dec 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.