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Highfields Adventure Playground, Spinney Hill Park, Mere Road

20260385Control of works to protected treesApproved

Approved on 5 June 2026

Council decision: Conditional approvalDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Proposal

Notification of the felling of one (1) tree with tree preservation order (TPO 16032)

Received
23 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spinney Hills
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.6 May
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Highfields Adventure Playground, Spinney Hill Park, Mere Road. Leicester has handled 154 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Leicester's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Spinney Hills.

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
Control of works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
6 May 2026
Consultation start
14 April 2026
Consultation end
6 May 2026
Target decision date
18 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
74 Silver Street Whitwick Coalville England LE67 5EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Spinney Hill Park
  • Article 4 direction: Spinney Hill Park Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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

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.

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