Barnswell House Exton Road Whitwell Rutland LE15 8BN

2026/0918/CATApproved

Approved on 9 September 2026

Council decision: Approve

Approximate site (title boundary)

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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Beech Tree (T1) - Crown reduce by 4-4.5m. Beech Tree (T3) - Reduce height of tree to 3-3.5m.

Received: 23 July 2026
Council: Rutland County Council
Ward: Exton Ward

ReceivedReceived23 Jul
ValidatedValidated30 Jul
Consult.Consultation21 Aug
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided9 Sep

Decided in 41 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Barnswell House Exton Road Whitwell Rutland LE15 8BN. Rutland has handled 4,003 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Rutland's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitwell conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Exton Ward. We hold 3,197 applications in total for the LE15 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: LE15 8BN
Parish: Whitwell Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 July 2026
Consultation end: 21 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Harry Ashman

Additional information

Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Whitwell
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.

Source: Rutland

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