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Portland Lodge, Portland Towers

20241249Notification of works to trees in conservation areasWithdrawn
Prior approval

Withdrawn on 23 July 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of works to one (1) tree located within

Received
12 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Knighton
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Aug
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Portland Lodge, Portland Towers. Leicester has handled 154 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 11 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Knighton.

97% of trees applications at Leicester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Notification of works to trees in conservation areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2024
Target decision date
27 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
61 Dovedale Road Thurmaston Leicester LE4 8NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: LL/232 Portland Lodge, Portland TowersPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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© 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: Leicester

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