Planning application
Spring Cottage 55 West Road Oakham Rutland LE15 6LT
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed use or development in relation to the change of use of a dwellinghouse (use class C3) to a small scale home for children (use class C2).
As published by the council, reference 2025/1541/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/1541/CLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 26 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 2 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 26 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Oakham NW Ward
- Parish
- Oakham Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- LE15 6LT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Nov 2025
Received by Rutland
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2 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Heaton Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Nottingham
Active · incorporated 2003 · Nottingham
20 applications on PlanIndex · across 11 councils · 89% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- APPLICATION FORM
- LOCATION & BLOCK PLAN, FLOOR PLANS
- COVERING LETTER
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Rutland refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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