Orchard House 2 Back Lane South Luffenham Rutland LE15 8NQ

2023/0978/CATWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 November 2023

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

T1 (1 no. Cherry), T2 (1 no. Plum) and T3 (1 no. Sycamore) - Remove to ground level. T4 - 1 no. Cherry - Crown reduce by 2m. T5 - 1 no. Ash - deadwood and clear adjacent property by 2m. G1 - Mixed group - remove to ground level.

Received: 19 September 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Rutland County Council
Ward: Normanton Ward
Agent: George Walker tree care (ltd)

ReceivedReceived19 Sep
ValidatedValidated19 Sep
Consult.Consultation10 Oct
TargetTarget Date31 Oct
DecidedDecided1 Nov

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Orchard House 2 Back Lane South Luffenham Rutland LE15 8NQ. Rutland has handled 1,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Rutland's typical decision time. The site is in the South Luffenham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Normanton Ward. We hold 3,197 applications in total for the LE15 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Rutland County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: LE15 8NQ
Application type: Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: South Luffenham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 September 2023
Consultation expiry: 10 October 2023
Consultation start: 19 September 2023
Consultation end: 10 October 2023
Last date for comments: 10 October 2023
Target decision date: 31 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: George Walker tree care (ltd)
Agent address: Fosseway Sawmills Fosseway Way Syston LE7 1NH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12468074
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: South Luffenham
Listed building: Grade II: The Orchard HouseOn this site

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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Source: Rutland

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