Welland House 15 - 17 The Square Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7PD Data via plota.co.uk

25/01150/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Refurbishment of ground floor for continued use as building society (Use Class E) and change of use of part of ground floor to provide 1no apartment (Use Class C3), change of use of first and second floors from office use (Use Class E) to provide 4no apartments (Use Class C3) - total of 5 apartments across all floors with internal and external alterations Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
21 Aug 2025
✓
Approved
22 Oct 2025

Approved on 22 Oct 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Welland House
List entry 1227904 · 1 m away · 15 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 14 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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Historic England ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Market Harborough 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.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 417 m away: Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, at pre-application; Inside the Market Harborough built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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 area805 m² (8,665 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 61)
UseB1 Offices and Workshop businesses
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2021, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Harborough
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
LE16 7PD
Received
21 Aug 2025
Validated
21 Aug 2025
Ward
Market Harborough Logan
Parish
Market Harborough
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2025
Decision
Approve
Decision date
22 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 62 days from validation, 11 days faster than Harborough's median of 73 for listed building works. Approved, as 95% of listed building works here are.

20%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
85decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Harborough in the last twelve months, from validation. Harborough decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-13804705
Planning Portal ref
PP-13804705
Comments by
9 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
16 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Harborough
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#187 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Harborough is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #230 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Harborough decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #131 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #155 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #230 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #128 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
96 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
50 decided
814
Total decisions
90 refused in the year to March 2026

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.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.