Rose Cottage 4 Owston Road Knossington Leicestershire LE15 8LX
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Proposal
T1 Sycamore to have larger new growth stems over garden removed and lightly crown raised over shed roof - 2m clearance T2 Small Apple & T3 Portuguese Laurel tree felled to just above ground level T4 Larger Apple tree lightly reduced by 1m T5 Irish Yew reduced by approx. 2-3m in height
- Received
- 15 January 2026
- Decision due
- 26 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Melton Borough Council
- Ward
- Somerby
- Agent
- Ben Creasey Tree Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date26 Feb
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a tree application at Rose Cottage 4 Owston Road Knossington Leicestershire LE15 8LX. Melton has handled 397 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Somerby. We hold 3,189 applications in total for the LE15 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- LE15 8LX
- Application type
- Trees Cons Area Section 211 notices
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Knossington And Cold Overton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ben Creasey Tree Services Ltd
- Agent address
- 53 Doctors Lane Melton Mowbray LE13 1QB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Knossington
- 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.
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Source: Melton
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