Castle Farm, Melbourne, DE73 8BF
Approved on 19 February 2025
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
The lopping of a Beech Tree at
- Received
- 27 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- ReceivedReceived27 Dec
- ValidatedValidated21 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date28 Feb
- DecidedDecided19 Feb
Decided in 29 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at Castle Farm, Melbourne, DE73 8BF. South Derbyshire has handled 647 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days quicker than South Derbyshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Melbourne conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 861 applications in total for the DE73 postcode area.
98% of trees applications at South Derbyshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DE73 8BF
- Application type
- Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 February 2025
- Consultation start
- 21 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 February 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 38 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: MelbournePart of the site
- Scheduled monument: Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remainsPart 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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, 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: South Derbyshire
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