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Blaby District Council Planning Newsletter
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Welcome to the Planning Newsletter; featuring a round-up of recently submitted, approved and refused planning applications. Our featured item is on listed buildings.
🏘️ Feature: Listed buildings
There are 196 listed buildings (or groups of buildings) and 16 scheduled monuments in Blaby District. Buildings of special architectural or historical interest can be given listed building status, a form of legal protection. This means that anyone wishing to demolish a listed building or alter or extend it in a way that would affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest, must apply for listed building consent.
This may also apply to separate structures within the grounds of a listed building such as walls, gates and railings. This legal protection makes carrying out such work without first obtaining listed building consent a criminal offence.
A scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site, which similarly requires scheduled monument consent in order to carry out work. An example is Kirby Muxloe Castle (pictured above), which is one of the earliest brick-built structures in the Midlands.
Historic England have published a Guide for Owners of Listed Buildings, containing information and advice for those who live in or care for listed buildings. To enquire about listed buildings you can visit our website below:
✅ Recently approved applications
Here is a selection of recently approved planning applications:
4 Beech Drive, Braunstone Town- 25/0176/FUL
- Proposed development to change of use from C3 dwelling to C2 residential children's home for a maximum of one child between the ages of 5 years old to 17 years old.
❌ Recently refused applications
Here is a selection of recently refused planning applications:
419 Ratby Lane, Kirby Muxloe - 25/0088/OUT
- Outline application for the erection of two detached dwellings (all matters reserved except for access).
📃 Planning resources
Explaining the planning process
Do I need planning permission?
📝 New applications
Here is a selection of planning applications that are currently under consideration:
Kingdom Hall, West Street, Blaby - 25/0243/FUL
- Retention of change of use of place of worship (class F1F) to karate school (class ED)
- New commercial outbuilding
- Single storey side extension to create a baby room
- Proposed Change of Use from taxi office (sui generis) to class E (a) and (g) (i) and addition of external roller shutter
- Proposed change of use from residential (C3) to HMO (C4) on first floor, change of use to ground floor to class E encompassing E (a), E (C) (i), E (c) (ii), E (c) (iii), E (e), E (g) (i) including two-storey and single-storey rear extensions
🏗️ Forthcoming Planning Committee
The next Planning Committee meeting is on Thursday 8 May at 4.30pm. The full agenda is available on our website but it includes:
Land off Gillam Butts, Countesthorpe - 24/0004/FUL
- Full planning application for the development of 41 dwellings and associated Infrastructure. Recommended for approval
- Erection of 21 dwellings and associated works including demolition of existing bungalow & outbuildings.
Minutes will be available after the meeting for you to view below.
You can watch a live stream of Planning Committee meetings and view recent committee meetings on our YouTube channel.
🏗️ Recent Planning Committee
The most recent Planning Committee meeting took place on Thursday 10 April at 4.30pm including the following:
43 New Street, Blaby - 24/1042/VAR
- Variation of condition 1 and removal of condition 2 attached to planning permission 24/0879/VAR. APPROVED.
- Reserved Matters application for the erection of 57 dwellings (details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale). APPROVED.
Minutes from the meeting including all considered applications are available for you to view below:
Posted: Fri, 9 May 2025