Churchlea, 1 Charnia Grove, Swithland, Leicestershire, LE12 8XZ

P/26/1576/2Tree works Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 September 2026

Council decision: DO NOT MAKE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDER

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Common Lime - Remove. 3x Common Lime - Height reduction by 4m and remove deadwood.

Received: 18 August 2026
Council: Charnwood Borough Council
Ward: Rothley Brook

ReceivedReceived18 Aug
ValidatedValidated26 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided16 Sep

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Churchlea, 1 Charnia Grove, Swithland, Leicestershire, LE12 8XZ. Charnwood has handled 45 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 5 weeks quicker than Charnwood's typical decision time. The site is in the Swithland conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Rothley Brook. We hold 1,739 applications in total for the LE12 postcode area.

100% of tree works conservation area applications at Charnwood Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: LE12 8XZ
Application type: Tree works Conservation Area
Parish: Swithland

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: John Rawlings-Hall

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Swithland

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Charnwood

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