®Planning appeal decision
30 Main Street, Lydington, Oakham, LE15 9LT
Planning appeal 6006808 at 30 Main Street, Lydington, Oakham, LE15 9LT (Rutland) was allowed on 22 September 2026 by Inspector L Fleming, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the submitted surface water management details are sufficient and acceptable, such that the relevant conditions are unnecessary, having regard to the effect of the development and works on local flood risk and on the special architectural or historic interest of the appeal property and listed buildings nearby, and the Lyddington Conservation Area.
Retrospective planning permission and listed building consent for vents to bathrooms and toilet, boiler flue, essential repair to chimney stack, redirection of front-facing gutters, new services to front (water tap, electric socket, utility box, fibre cable), replacement exterior door light, replacement of fascias to front with black, rear windows replacement, lintels to windows, repainting, wooden bin storage unit, and trellis behind bin store, without compliance with conditions requiring surface water management details
- Authority
- Rutland
- Appeal type
- other · Planning listed building and conservation area
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- L Fleming
- Postcode
- LE15 9LT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the submitted surface water management details are sufficient and acceptable, such that the relevant conditions are unnecessary, having regard to the effect of the development and works on local flood risk and on the special architectural or historic interest of the appeal property and listed buildings nearby, and the Lyddington Conservation Area
What decided it
The appellant's appeal evidence, including drainage statement, annotated plans and water search information, resolved the uncertainty about whether surface water discharged to an existing lawful connection, which was the sole reason for the Council's refusal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS22 of the Rutland Core Strategy Development Plan Document (2011)Policy SP15 of the Rutland Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document (2014)Policy SP20 of the Rutland Site Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document (2014)
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.
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