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Old Gardeners Cottage, 1760 Melton Road, Rearsby, Leicestershire, LE7 4YS

P/26/1764/2Tree works Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 October 2026

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

Proposal

Tree Works in a Conservation Area : T1 (Spruce) Prune to selectively reduce over extended branches back to suitable lateral shoot by up to 1m. T2 (Ash) Crown reduction of up to 30% and prune to suitable growth points by up to 4m. T3 (Pear) Prune to selectively reduce over extended branches by up to 3m and remove dead and diseased wood.

Received
15 September 2026
Ward
Wreake Valley
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated5 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 4 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Old Gardeners Cottage, 1760 Melton Road, Rearsby, Leicestershire, LE7 4YS. Charnwood has handled 45 applications of this type. This one was decided in 2 days, 7 weeks quicker than Charnwood's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Wreake Valley. We hold 2,736 applications in total for the LE7 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
LE7 4YS
Application type
Tree works Conservation Area
Parish
Rearsby

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 October 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)

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    7 Oct

    Tree Works in a Conservation Area : T1 (Spruce) Prune to selectively reduce over extended branches back to…

    This applicationApprovedTree works Conservation AreaP/26/1764/2
  2. 2026
    7 Oct

    TPO Related Works: Hornbeam Tree as located in suporting Tree Location Plan- Reduce Crown by up to 25%, prune…

    ApprovedTPO works relatedFiled alongsideP/26/1765/2

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