St Peter's Church Church Lane North Rauceby Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 8QU Data via plota.co.uk

26/0586/TCA - Conservation area tree work notification Approved

Proposal

T1 - lime tree - fell. T2 - lime tree - lift crown to 4m above churchyard. Also apply this principle to branches overhanging the boundary. T3 - sycamore tree - lift crown to 4m above churchyard, reduce southern canopy by removing lower small branches of back to stem and high canopy by a maximum of 2m to secondary growing points. T4 and T5 - lime trees - reduce overhanging branches on southern canopy by a maximum of 2m to secondary growth points. T6 - dead tree covered in ivy - fell. Remove ivy from walls and base of all trees. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 May 2026
✓
Consultation
13 May 2026
✓
Approved
15 Jun 2026

Approved on 15 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Sept 2026

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Public footpath about 21 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Conservation area tree work notification
Postcode
NG34 8QU
Received
12 May 2026
Validated
12 May 2026
Ward
Cranwell, Leasingham And Wilsford
Parish
North Rauceby
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Jun 2026
Decision
TPO Not Served
Decision date
15 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, about the council's usual 34 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
229decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by North Kesteven in the last twelve months, from validation. North Kesteven decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 2 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
13 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
North Kesteven
Planning Authority Score
6.5/10
Good
#79 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

North Kesteven ranks #117 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 99% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
99% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
North Kesteven decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
97%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #4 of 296
99%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #6 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #117 of 296
45%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #193 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
67 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
97%
Change of use approved
36 decided
631
Total decisions
19 refused in the year to March 2026