Little Orchard 29 Somerby Road Knossington Leicestershire LE15 8LY
Proposal
Chestnut tree - Overall crown reduction in height and width by no more than 50% Scots Pine - Remove tree branches overhanging building and remove drooping branches to reduce weight. Willow tree - Pollard by 50% to reduce sides and height.
- Received
- 15 October 2026
- Decided
- 21 August 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Melton Borough Council
- Ward
- Somerby
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- ReceivedReceived15 Oct
- ValidatedValidated19 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Nov
- DecidedDecided21 Aug
This is a tree application at Little Orchard 29 Somerby Road Knossington Leicestershire LE15 8LY. Melton has handled 397 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 39 days. It was submitted on 15 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Ferndale Road conservation area, with 3 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 3,158 applications in total for the LE15 postcode area.
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Planning 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.
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