®Planning appeal decision
15 Botts Lane, Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, DE12 7AL
Planning appeal 3366561 at 15 Botts Lane, Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, DE12 7AL (North West Leicestershire District Council) was dismissed on 9 October 2025 by Inspector Wilson L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be suitably located having regard to relevant development plan policies concerning the location of housing.
erection of a self-build detached dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilson L
- Postcode
- DE12 7AL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be suitably located having regard to relevant development plan policies concerning the location of housing
- The effect of the proposed development on the adjacent Appleby Magna Conservation Area, the setting of nearby listed buildings and the character and appearance of the wider area
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the Conservation Area and listed building settings, combined with harm to character and appearance and conflict with the spatial strategy policies, was not outweighed by the public benefits of providing a self-build dwelling.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S2Policy S3Policy HE1Policy D1Policy D2Policy IF4Policy IF7Policy En1Policy En2Policy Cc2Policy Cc3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 135Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 215Paragraph 63
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in North West Leicestershire
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025
- Allowed6 October 20266010669Land Off Chapel Lane, Osgathorpe, Loughborough, LE12 9SX
- Allowed2 October 20266009255The Orchard, Charley Road, Charley, LE12 9YB
- Dismissed14 August 20266007911Moor End Cottage, Lower Moor Road, Coleorton, LE67 8FN
- Dismissed7 August 20266009657Land Adjacent To Brand Farm, Lower Brand, Griffydam, LE67 8HE
- Dismissed21 April 20266001751Land at Main Street, Swannington, LE67 8QN
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.