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Melton Borough Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Melton Borough Council decided more than 740 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 8% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 76 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Melton Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Melton Borough Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Melton Borough Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 740
Share refusedof those approved or refused 8%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 76 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings Not enough typed decisions
Appeals decidedin the last three years 32
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 44%about one in two
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held more than 100plan adopted 1997

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Melton Borough Council’s planning applications.

  • “The main issues are: • the effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the area; and, • whether the proposed development would be secured as a self-build development, and its implications for BNG.”

    Dismissed, 2026

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the locality.”

    Allowed, 2022

  • “The main issues in this appeal are: • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area; and, • the effect of the proposal on the availability of on street parking.”

    Dismissed, 2021

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Dismissed, 2020

  • “The main issues are:- • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area; and • Whether the proposed dwellings would represent sustainable development in respect of their location.”

    Dismissed, 2019

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.