Issue - meetings

Application for change of use of existing livery buildings to storage and distribution (use class B8) and formation of hardstanding area for agricultural use.

Late items received after preparation of main agenda:

Outstanding Ecology Matters

1.    On 01 December 2025, Leicestershire County Council’s Ecology Department confirmed that they were still not satisfied that appropriate information with regard to mandatory biodiversity net gains has been supplied for the application prior to its determination. The Ecology Department has requested that further information is submitted in relation to the historic ecological degradation of the site and the assessment and associated justification of the baseline habitats.

2.    The resolution of these matters is unlikely to result in significant amendments but may result in changes to the red line site boundary, amendments to the planning conditions and the potential introduction of a Section 106 agreement to secure Biodiversity Net Gain matters.

3.    The Officer Recommendation is therefore still to grant planning permission, but slightly amended (in bold) so that it is now subject to:

·         Planning conditions detailed at the end of this report; and

·         If necessary, a Section 106 Legal Agreement to secure BNG matters; and

·         That the Head of Planning be given powers to determine the final detail of planning conditions and legal agreement; and

·         Leicestershire County Council’s Ecology Department confirming that it is satisfied with the submitted details.

4.    No further late items have been received.