Needwood 27 Main Street Empingham Rutland LE15 8PR
Approved on 10 February 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Reduce height of 1 no. Robinia 'Frisia' Tree (T1) by 4m and reduce lateral branches by 1m.
- Received
- 5 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Rutland County Council
- Ward
- Normanton Ward
- Agent
- Tommy Plummer Tree Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated5 Jan
- Consult.Consultation2 Feb
- TargetTarget Date16 Feb
- DecidedDecided10 Feb
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Needwood 27 Main Street Empingham Rutland LE15 8PR. Rutland has handled 1,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Rutland's typical decision time. The site is in the Empingham conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 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 8PR
- Application type
- Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Empingham Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 2 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 10 February 2028
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Tommy Plummer Tree Services Ltd
- Agent address
- Millpond Barn Mill Lane Tinwell Stamford PE9 3UW
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Harry Ashman
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14587145
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: EmpinghamPart of the site
- 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: Rutland
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