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38 Swingbridge Street Foxton Leicestershire LE16 7RH

24/00082/TCATrees in Conservation Area ApplicationApproved

Approved on 28 February 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees (fell T1 Ash and T2 Ash only)

Received
20 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lubenham
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.22 Feb
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 38 Swingbridge Street Foxton Leicestershire LE16 7RH. Harborough has handled 1,511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Harborough's typical decision time. The site is in the Foxton conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Lubenham. We hold 3,440 applications in total for the LE16 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
LE16 7RH
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Foxton

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2024
Consultation expiry
22 February 2024
Consultation end
22 February 2024
Target decision date
6 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sam Metcalf Trees
Agent address
The Old Adult School St Peter's Road Arnesby Leicester LE85WJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12746269
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Foxton
  • 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 (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

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© 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.

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Source: Harborough

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