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Hedge 2 Barkestone Lane Plungar

20/00361/HEDGHedgerow removal noticeRefused

Refused on 24 April 2020

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of 277 metre hedgerow

Received
23 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
23
Ward
Long Clawson And Stathern
Agent
Ashfield Farmed Environment Services
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Apr
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hedge 2 Barkestone Lane Plungar. Melton has handled 397 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Melton's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Long Clawson And Stathern.

100% of trees applications at Melton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Hedgerow removal notice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barkestone, Redmile And Plungar

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2020
Consultation expiry
27 April 2020
Last date for comments
27 April 2020
Target decision date
4 May 2020
Permission expires
24 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ashfield Farmed Environment Services
Agent address
Ashfield 1 Drove Lane Coddington Newark Nottingham NG24 2RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 April 2020
Site notice end
27 April 2020

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
3

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 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.

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas.

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

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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