Voting record

 Planning Committee, Tuesday, 14th April, 2026 6.00 pm

Item: 25/01591/PIP: Permission in Principle for the erection of five self-build dwellings

Motion to refuse the application on the grounds that it was outside the limits of development, conflicted with policies S2 and S3 of the Local Plan, and that the development would be detrimental to the landscape context and character of Coleorton.:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 25/01097/FUL: Erection of a single storey detached dwelling

Motion to approve the application subject to conditions which enhanced soft landscaping, a permeable driveway surface, more effective surface-water drainage, two notes to the applicant be sent outlining the preference of offsite Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and relocation and reduced size of the parking space and turning point of the driveway.:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 26/00004/FUL: Change of use of a dwellinghouse (C3) to a children's care home (C2) for up to three young people

Motion to approve the application in accordance with the officer's recommendations.:

Motion status:Carried

 Planning Committee, Tuesday, 10th March, 2026 6.00 pm

Item: 23/00883/FULM - Erection of 35 B8 units together with associated access, parking and servicing areas

Motion to refuse the application on the grounds that there was no immediate need or demand for the development, that it would have had a negative impact on residential amenity (such as noise and disturbance), and that it conflicted with policies S3, Ec2 and D2 of the Local Plan.:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 25/01392/FUL - Change of use and conversion of former residential care home to form three no. separate dwelling units to include two no. Houses in Multiple Occupancy (HMO) (Use Class Sui Genesis) with single storey side extension and associated works

Motion to approve the application in accordance with the officer’s recommendations with the addition of a condition to secure a management plan for the operation of the dwelling units and site.:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 25/01411/REMM - Reserved matters approval (internal access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) (hybrid planning permission 19/00652/FULM) for the erection of a 70,000 square metre B8 distribution unit with ancillary offices (E(g)(i)) (formerly use class B1 (a)), service yards and HGV parking, fuel and wash facilities, vehicular and cycle parking, gatehouse(s) and security facilities, plant, hard and soft landscaping including boundary treatments and retaining walls, pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, internal roads, and foul and surface water drainage infrastructure

Motion to approve the application in accordance with the officer's recommendations:

Motion status:Carried

 Council, Thursday, 19th February, 2026 6.30 pm

Item: 2026/27 General Fund Budget and Council Tax

Motion to approve recommendations as set out in the report:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 2026/27 Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget and Rent Setting

Motion to approve the recommendations as set out in the report:

Motion status:Carried

Item: Council Tax Resolution 2026/27

Motion to approve the recommendations as set out in the report:

Motion status:Carried

Item: Independent Chair of the Audit & Governance Committee

Motion to approve the recommendations as set out in the report:

Motion status:Carried

 Planning Committee, Wednesday, 21st January, 2026 6.00 pm

Item: 23/00883/FULM - Erection of 35 B8 units together with associated access, parking and servicing areas

Motion to defer the application to allow for clarification following further investigation of immediate demand, site access from the relief road and additional weight restriction signage.:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 25/01523/PIP - Permission in principle for the erection of two self-build dwellings

Motion to refuse the application on the grounds that it did not comply with Policy H2 of the Swannington Neighbourhood Plan, and Policies S2 and S3 of the Local Plan.:

Motion status:Carried

 Planning Committee, Tuesday, 9th December, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: 25/00274/FULM: Hybrid planning permission for development of the site comprising: Full planning permission for site wide infrastructure works including: new roundabout access from (and alterations to) the A444; new pedestrian crossing points over the A444; internal spine road; all earthworks and site level works including retaining features; creation of development plateaus (within Development Zones 1 and 2); structural landscaping (including boundary treatments and pedestrian / cycle paths); associated utilities and lighting infrastructure; foul and surface water drainage infrastructure. Full planning permission within Development Zone 1 for the erection of Class B8 distribution unit and ancillary offices (E.g.i); service yards and HGV parking; vehicular and cycle parking; gatehouse and security facilities; plant; hard and soft landscaping (including boundary treatments and retaining walls); pedestrian and cycle infrastructure; associated utilities and lighting infrastructure; interna

Motion to permit the application in accordance with the officer's recommendations.:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 23/00427/OUTM: Development of up to 46,451 sq m GIA of B2 (industrial) and/or B8 (storage or distribution) units with ancillary E(g)(i) (offices) and service buildings, along with associated parking, highway infrastructure, landscaping and potential foul drainage connection to Farm Town (outline, all matters reserved except for the principal means of vehicular access to the site)

Motion to refuse application due to the availability of alternative sites.:

Motion status:Rejected

Motion to approve application in accordance with the officer's recommendations.:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 25/01184/FUL - Erection of a 10-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (HMO), including associated hard and soft landscaping, communal areas, cycle storage and bin store.

Motion to permit the application, subject to the inclusion of a condition relating to efficient bin storage to prevent issues with food waste from occurring.:

Motion status:Carried

 Planning Committee, Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: 25/01135/PIP: Permission in principle for 1 self-build dwelling with associated garaging

Recorded Vote:

Motion status:Carried

 Local Plan Committee, Wednesday, 19th November, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: To consider the Motion referred by Council on 4 November 2025

To agree to remove the land off Torrington Avenue, Whitwick, site reference C19a to build 242 houses from the draft Local Plan.:

Motion status:Rejected

 Planning Committee, Tuesday, 11th November, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: 25/00738/OUT - Erection of 1 no. single custom-build dwelling (Outline - all matters reserved)

Recorded Vote:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 23/01595/FUL - Change of use of Methodist church to a single residential dwelling (resubmission following withdrawal of 23/00413/FUL)

Recorded Vote:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 23/01596/LBC - Internal and external alterations to facilitate the use of the building as a dwelling (Listed Building Consent)

Recorded Vote:

Motion status:Carried

 Council, Tuesday, 4th November, 2025 6.30 pm

Item: Motions

Motion submitted by Councillor M Wyatt:

Motion status:Carried

 Planning Committee, Tuesday, 12th August, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: 24/01618/OUTM - Development of site to provide for up to 75 dwellings with associated landscaping, open space, drainage infrastructure and associated works (outline, all matters reserved except for the principal means of vehicular access off Midland Road)

Motion to permit in accordance with officer's recommendation:

Motion status:Carried

 Local Plan Committee, Wednesday, 30th July, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: Local Plan – additional proposed housing allocations: consideration of response to consultation

SUBJECT TO THE OUTCOME OF FURTHER WORK INCLUDING TRANSPORT MODELLING, VIABILITY ASSESSMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS, THE LOCAL PLAN COMMITTEE AGREES THAT: 1. LAND OFF THORNBOROUGH ROAD (C18) IS ALLOCATED FOR AROUND 105 DWELLINGS IN THE REGULATION 19 LOCAL PLAN. 2. LAND OFF HALL LANE AND TORRINGTON AVENUE (C19A); LAND OFF STEPHENSON WAY (C19B) AND BROOM LEYS FARM (C46) ARE ALLOCATED AS A SINGLE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREA IN THE REGULATION 19 LOCAL PLAN, TO PROVIDE AROUND 1,200 DWELLINGS IN TOTAL. 3. LAND SOUTH OF THE GREEN, DONINGTON LE HEATH (C90) IS ALLOCATED FOR AROUND 62 DWELLINGS IN THE REGULATION 19 LOCAL PLAN. 4. LAND ADJACENT TO 194 BURTON ROAD, ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH (A31) IS ALLOCATED FOR AROUND 30 DWELLINGS IN THE REGULATION 19 LOCAL PLAN. 5. LAND SOUTH OF PARK LANE, CASTLE DONINGTON (CD9) IS ALLOCATED FOR AROUND 35 DWELLINGS IN THE REGULATION 19 LOCAL PLAN. 6. LAND REAR OF 111A HIGH STREET, IBSTOCK (IB20) IS ALLOCATED FOR AROUND 46 DWELLINGS IN THE REGULATION 19 LOCAL PLAN:

Motion status:Carried

Item: Local Plan – additional proposed employment allocations: consideration of response to consultation

THAT LOCAL PLAN COMMITTEE: (1) AGREES NOT TO INCLUDE LAND EAST OF MIDLAND ROAD ELLISTOWN (EMP24 ORIGINAL AREA AND EMP24 REDUCED AREA) AS AN ALLOCATION IN THE REGULATION 19 VERSION OF THE LOCAL PLAN. (2) SUBJECT TO THE OUTCOME OF FURTHER WORK INCLUDING TRANSPORT MODELLING, VIABILITY ASSESSMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS, AGREES THAT LAND BETWEEN ELLISTOWN TERRACE ROAD AND WOOD ROAD, ELLISTOWN (EMP98) IN APPENDIX D BE PROPOSED TO BE ALLOCATED IN THE REGULATION 19 VERSION OF THE LOCAL PLAN. (3) AGREES THE POLICIES MAP EXTRACT FOR MONEY HILL IN APPENDIX E FOR INCLUSION IN THE REGULATION:

Motion status:Carried

 Local Plan Committee, Wednesday, 11th June, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: To consider the petition referred by Council on 13 May 2025

To note the petition referred by Council on 13 May 2025:

Motion status:Carried

Item: New Local Plan - Consideration of the consultation responses to policies

The following policies from the draft Local Plan proposed policies for consultation document (January 2024) be included in the Regulation 19 plan, subject to the findings of whole plan viability assessment::

Motion status:Carried

The following policies as amended in Appendix F be included in the Regulation 19 plan, subject to the findings of whole plan viability assessment::

Motion status:Carried

Paragraph 3 of policy H7 be deleted:

Motion status:Rejected

The word “for” be removed and that “or contribute to” be included as an alternative in part 3 of Policy IF2 and, Policy IF2 (community facilities) be included in the Regulation 19 plan, subject to the findings of whole plan viability assessment.:

Motion status:Carried

Policy IF6 (retitled to: Reopening of passenger rail services), with the inclusion of provision of a station within the heart of the National Forest, be included in the Regulation 19 plan, subject to the findings of whole plan viability assessment.:

Motion status:Carried

Policy EN3 (The National Forest) be deferred to a future meeting for consideration.:

Motion status:Carried

 Planning Committee, Tuesday, 3rd June, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: 25/00422/FUL: Change of use from C3 dwelling to C2 residential children's care home

Motion to Permit in accordance with Officer's recommendation:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 25/00026/FUL: Change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to children's home (C2) for up to three children

Motion to permit in accordance with Officer's recommendations and the revised conditions set out in the update sheet:

Motion status:Carried

Item: 24/01541/FUL: Conversion of agricultural building to dwelling

Motion to permit in accordance with Officer's recommendation:

Motion status:Carried