The Old Vicarage 2 Stow Hill Sproxton Leicestershire LE14 4QZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00172/TCA - Trees Cons Area Section 211 notices Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Large Holly felled and stump ground out G1 Small amount of lower branches on Sycamores removed to allow for marquee Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Mar 2026
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Consultation
17 Mar 2026
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Approved
5 Jun 2026

Approved on 5 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision notice 08.06.2026 Decision · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Application form - without personal data 03.03.2026 Forms and plans · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ IMG Sketch plan 03.03.2026 Forms and plans · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 5

Sproxton conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
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.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; National infrastructure project about 1448 m away: Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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

Council
Melton
Application type
Trees Cons Area Section 211 notices
Postcode
LE14 4QZ
Received
3 Mar 2026
Validated
3 Mar 2026
Ward
Wymondham
Parish
Sproxton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Apr 2026
Decision
Consent to work on Trees
Decision date
5 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ben Creasey Tree Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 94 days from validation, 58 days slower than Melton's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

85%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
155decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14749259
Planning Portal ref
PP-14749259
Consultation
17 Mar 2026
Comments by
7 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

16 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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Creation of a single storey rear extension and remodel of the entrance porch
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2020 Approved
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Melton
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#269 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Melton is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #296 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 75% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Melton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #60 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #112 of 296
11%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #296 of 296
75%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #292 of 296
87%
Minor dwellings approved
47 decided (1-9 homes)
94%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
78%
Change of use approved
9 decided
308
Total decisions
23 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings