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16 Main Street Empingham Rutland LE15 8PS

2026/0373/CATWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 May 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Fell 1 no. Large asymmetrical lilac in front of ground floor window. T2 - Multistem Yew - reduction in height by approx 50% (2m) to open internal canopy up and encourage development of lower foliage to enable tree to be managed at lower height in future. T3 & T4 - small apple trees, pollard back to good frames to allow for retention and training into attractive small trees, reduction of up to 2m.

Received
25 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Normanton Ward
Agent
Woodcraft Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 Main Street Empingham Rutland LE15 8PS. Rutland has handled 1,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Rutland's typical decision time. The site is in the Empingham conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Normanton Ward. We hold 3,196 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 8PS
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Empingham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
22 April 2026
Consultation start
30 March 2026
Consultation end
22 April 2026
Last date for comments
22 April 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Woodcraft Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
25 Kesteven Road Stamford PE9 1SQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Harry Ashman
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14810699
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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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.

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    1 Apr

    Fell 1no. Apple Tree to a low stump.

    ApprovedWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaFiled alongside2026/0396/CAT
  2. 2026
    25 Mar

    T1 - Fell 1 no. Large asymmetrical lilac in front of ground floor window. T2 - Multistem Yew - reduction in…

    This applicationApprovedTrees2026/0373/CAT

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