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Newstead Farm Mill Lane Smeeton Westerby Leicestershire LE8 0QL

Granted Harborough 25/01066/AGR Agricultural Prior Notification

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Prior Notification for the erection of an agricultural building

As published by the council, reference 25/01066/AGR

Application record

Reference
25/01066/AGR
Type
Agricultural Prior Notification
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
4 Aug 2025
Validated
7 Aug 2025
Decided
26 Aug 2025
Ward
Kibworths
Parish
Smeeton Westerby
Postcode
LE8 0QL

Site history

Applications at this address on the Harborough register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 23/00477/FUL Granted

    Newstead Farm Mill Lane Smeeton Westerby Leicestershire LE8 0QL

    Erection of an agricultural building

    Decided 24 May 2023 Full applications
  • 21/01235/AGR Withdrawn

    Newstead Farm Mill Lane Smeeton Westerby Leicestershire LE8 0QL

    Prior Notification for the erection of an extension to an agricultural building

    Decided 6 Aug 2021 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Aug 2025

    Received by Harborough

  2. 7 Aug 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Aug 2025

    Decision issued: Approve

  4. 17 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Harborough granted permission on 26 August 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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In Harborough

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    Prior Notification for the erection of an agricultural building

    Received 10 Aug, published by the council 25 Aug 2026 Prior approval
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    Manor Farm Lutterworth Road Arnesby Leicestershire LE8 5UT

    Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to a light industrial use within Class E(g)(iii) - The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R

    Received 5 Aug, published by the council 18 Aug 2026 Prior approval
  • 26/00957/DEM Refused

    Moorbarns Farm Moorbarns Lane Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 4JD

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Demolition of Buildings (agricultural building) The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B

    Received 1 Jul, published by the council 22 Jul 2026 Prior approval
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    Land Off Mill Lane Shearsby Leicestershire

    Prior Notification for the erection of a general purpose agricultural building

    Received 30 Jun, published by the council 22 Jul 2026 Prior approval
  • 26/00977/PDN Granted

    Radio Mast Holt Lane Ashby Magna Leicestershire

    The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) - Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Electronic Communications Apparatus/Development Ancillary to Radio Equipment Housing (one 600mm dish on a new stand off bracket fixed to existing tower leg) - Permitted Development - For information purposes only. This is not an application to which comments can be made

    Received 25 Jun, published by the council 22 Jul 2026 Prior approval