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

Pending 26/01380/VAC
Date received
around 24 Sept 2026
Date validated
24 Sept 2026
Postcode
LE16 7PD
Freehold owner

Description

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 (Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 3 (Vents, Flues, Roof Alterations) 5 (Cycle Parking Provision) and 6 (Landscaping) of to allow for relocation of cycle store, rooflight replacement, and installation of air conditioning equipment and associated roof vent) Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision between 19 Nov 2026 and 3 Dec 2026, from Harborough's recent commercial premises.

Day 15 of the 91-day target. Harborough usually decides commercial premises by day 59.

Day 1576 days to the 91-day target
41%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
59decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Harborough in the last twelve months, from validation. Harborough decision record →

Site constraints 6

16 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Welland House, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 15 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 16 with distances
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 about 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 8 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, 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.

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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
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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

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.