Planning application
Shawell Quarry Gibbet Lane Shawell Leicestershire LE17 6AA
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL are the decision makers for this application - Full planning application for the provision of an aggregate wash plant for the production of recycled aggregate; a ready-mix concrete plant; a concrete block plant; a leachate plant and associated biomethane injection plant; gas reciprocating engines with carbon capture technology (up to 12MW); up to 23MW solar photovoltaic array; up to 10MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS); an electric HGV and biogas refuelling facility; change of use of the existing composting plant to a solid recovered fuel (SRF) plant; provision of an office building (Use Class E); green infrastructure including landfill restoration; associated infrastructure including drainage and utilities; demolition of existing structures. (Leicestershire County Council Reference Number: 2026/EIA/0054/LCC)
As published by the council, reference 26/01405/CMA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01405/CMA
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Validated
- 15 Sep 2026
- Postcode
- LE17 6AA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Harborough register
This site has had 4 applications since 2006: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/01174/CMA Decided
Shawell Quarry Gibbet Lane Shawell Leicestershire LE17 6AA
Retrospective planning application for a minor extension (97.41 m²) to the existing landfill gas compound at Cotesbach Landfill to accommodate a 1000 m³/hr enclosed flare (County Council Reference Number: 2025/CM/0102/LCC)
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21/00895/CMA Decided
Shawell Quarry Gibbet Lane Shawell Leicestershire LE17 6AA
The Variation of Conditions of Planning Permission reference 2017/1380/03 (2017/CM/0237/LCC), to allow the Tile Works to continue the manufacture of roof tiles (and associated operations, activities and uses) and import sand via the highway, for a period of up to two years (but not beyond 31 December 2030), following cessation of operations at the processing plant of the adjacent Cotesbach-Shawell Quarry processing plant (Shawell Tile Works, Gibbet Lane, Shawell, LE17 6AB) (County Council Identity Number 2021/VOCM/0062/LCC)
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06/01725/CMA Granted
Shawell Quarry Gibbet Lane Shawell Leicestershire LE17 6AA
Small extension to existing power generation compound and installation of additional containerised generators
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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14 Oct 2026
Status changed to Pending Decision
Previously Pending Consideration.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Harborough took a median of 63 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with Harborough for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Harborough's median decision took 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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Redland Roof Tiles Ltd Gibbet Lane Shawell Leicestershire LE17 6AB
Variation of conditions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of planning permission 2017/1380/03 (2017/CM/0237/LCC) to allow an extension of time to the operations at Shawell Tile Works until 31st December 2030 and the importation of sand via the highway in the event that sand and gravel production at the adjacent Cotesbach-Shawell Quarry processing plant permanently ceases before 31st December 2030. (County Council Identity Number 2020/VOCM/0166/LCC)
Decided Other 8 docs -
Shawell Quarry Gibbet Lane Shawell Leicestershire LE17 6AA
The Variation of Conditions of Planning Permission reference 2017/1380/03 (2017/CM/0237/LCC), to allow the Tile Works to continue the manufacture of roof tiles (and associated operations, activities and uses) and import sand via the highway, for a period of up to two years (but not beyond 31 December 2030), following cessation of operations at the processing plant of the adjacent Cotesbach-Shawell Quarry processing plant (Shawell Tile Works, Gibbet Lane, Shawell, LE17 6AB) (County Council Identity Number 2021/VOCM/0062/LCC)
Decided Other Roofing 13 docs -
Shawell Quarry Gibbet Lane Shawell Leicestershire LE17 6AA
Small extension to existing power generation compound and installation of additional containerised generators
Granted Other Extension -
Shawell Quarry Gibbet Lane Shawell Leicestershire LE17 6AA
Retrospective planning application for a minor extension (97.41 m²) to the existing landfill gas compound at Cotesbach Landfill to accommodate a 1000 m³/hr enclosed flare (County Council Reference Number: 2025/CM/0102/LCC)
Decided Other Extension 10 docs -
Land To The South Of Gibbet Lane Shawell Leicestershire
Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion in accordance with Regulation 6 The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) from Harborough District Council, with respect to proposed employment development on land at Gibbet Lane in Shawell, Lutterworth, comprising approximately 60,000sqm of Use Class B2/B8 employment floorspace with ancillary office space, and associated infrastructure and landscaping (the Proposed Development)
Decided Outline 3 docs