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Whitwell House Bull Brigg Lane Whitwell Rutland LE15 8BW

2026/1137/CATApproved

Approved on 22 October 2026

Council decision: Approve

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

(T1-14) Remove 14 no. fruit trees growing in front of Pleached Hornbeam to just above ground level. (T15) Reduce spread of 1 no. Hawthorn beyond raised beds by 2m. (T16) Reduce spread of 1 no. Gleditsia tree by 2m to give 1.5m clearance from house.

Received
10 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 6 November 2026
Ward
Exton Ward
  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 42 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Whitwell House Bull Brigg Lane Whitwell Rutland LE15 8BW. Rutland has handled 4,003 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Rutland's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitwell conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 8BW
Parish
Whitwell Parish Meeting

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2026
Consultation end
2 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Harry Ashman

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

© 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.

Source: Rutland

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