Planning application
20 Westfield Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3QL
At appeal, which passes the decision to the national inspectorate. Anyone who commented before is normally able to comment again.
Proposal
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4)
As published by the council, reference P/25/0638/2
Application record
- Reference
- P/25/0638/2
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Appeal Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLY
- Decision
- GRANT CONDITIONALLY
- Received
- 21 Mar 2025
- Validated
- 17 Apr 2025
- Decided
- 20 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Loughborough Southfields
- Parish
- Loughborough
- Postcode
- LE11 3QL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Charnwood register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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P/26/1103/2 Granted
20 Westfield Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3QL
Discharge of Condition 6 (Cycle Storage) of Planning Application ref: P/25/0638/2 (Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4))
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P/25/1994/2 Withdrawn
20 Westfield Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3QL
Section 73 Variation of Condition(s) 3 (occupancy) of planning application reference: P/25/0638/2 (Change of use from dwelling house (use Class C3) to house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4). Amendment to increase from 3 to 6 persons
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Mar 2025
Received by Charnwood
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17 Apr 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Mar 2026
Decision issued: GRANT CONDITIONALLY
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Sep 2026
Status changed to Appeal Decided: GRANT CONDITIONALLY
Previously Appeal Lodged: GRANT CONDITIONALLY.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
2 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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P/26/1103/2 Granted
20 Westfield Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3QL
Discharge of Condition 6 (Cycle Storage) of Planning Application ref: P/25/0638/2 (Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4))
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P/25/1994/2 Withdrawn
20 Westfield Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3QL
Section 73 Variation of Condition(s) 3 (occupancy) of planning application reference: P/25/0638/2 (Change of use from dwelling house (use Class C3) to house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4). Amendment to increase from 3 to 6 persons
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
71 documents on file for this application
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20 Westfield Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3QL
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Granted Conditions 4 docsDomestic -
20 Westfield Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3QL
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