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Rose Cottage 4 Owston Road Knossington Leicestershire LE15 8LX

26/00025/TCATrees Cons Area Section 211 noticesAwaiting decision
Approximate site (title boundary)
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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)
Ward
Somerby
Agent
Ben Creasey Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 10 February.

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.

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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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14620406
Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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