The Retreat Stanford Road Swinford Leicestershire LE17 6BJ
Approved on 11 December 2014
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Works to trees - Fell one Sycamore
- Received
- 28 October 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Harborough District Council
- ReceivedReceived28 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Oct
- Consult.Consultation27 Nov
- TargetTarget Date9 Dec
- DecidedDecided11 Dec
Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Retreat Stanford Road Swinford Leicestershire LE17 6BJ. Harborough has handled 1,511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Harborough's typical decision time. The site is in the Swinford conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,697 applications in total for the LE17 postcode area.
96% of trees applications at Harborough District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- LE17 6BJ
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Swinford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 October 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 27 November 2014
- Consultation start
- 3 November 2014
- Consultation end
- 27 November 2014
- Target decision date
- 9 December 2014
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03758827
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Swinford
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202512 Feb
Prior Notification for the erection of an agricultural building (Grain store with lean-to for general…
ApprovedAgricultural Prior Notification25/00179/AGR - 202427 Sep
Construct five buttresses in verge to support dangerously leaning garden wall
PendingListed building consent24/01256/LBC - 202323 Nov
Works to trees (Fell)
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area Application23/01660/TCA - 20147 Feb
Demolition and rebuilding of stretch of garden / boundary wall
ApprovedListed building consent14/00183/LBC - 201312 Nov
Works to 19 Trees in a Conservation Area
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area Application13/01700/TCA - 200621 Sep
Works to trees
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area Application06/01378/TCA
Source: Harborough
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