Planning application
21 High Street Oakham Rutland LE15 6AH
Works: New dwelling Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior approval for the change of use of the first floor of the property from office use (Use Class E) to residential use (Use Class C3) under Class MA of the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) comprising 2 no. flats with the ground floor to remain as commercial.
As published by the council, reference 2026/1305/PEM
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/1305/PEM
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 16 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Oakham NE Ward
- Parish
- Oakham Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- LE15 6AH
Comment by 11 November 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Rutland through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Oct 2026
Received by Rutland
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21 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Rutland took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Hickman & Smith Architects Agent, an architecture practice registered in Leicester
Active · incorporated 2012 · Leicester
20 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 94% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- ELEVATIONS
- ELEVATIONS
- ROOF PLAN
- GROUND & FIRST FLOOR PLANS
- ROOF PLAN
- FLOOR PLANS
- DESIGN, ACCESS & HERITAGE STATEMENT
- LOCATION PLAN
- NOISE ASSESSMENT
- FIRE SAFETY STRATEGY REPORT
- NOTIFIED NEIGHBOUR LIST
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Rutland for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Rutland's median decision took 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Rutland's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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