2 Grooms Cottage, Bunkers Hill, Hemswell Gainsborough, DN21 5UE Data via plota.co.uk

WL/2026/00753 - TREE_Cons Area Tree Application Approved

Proposal

Notice to carry out tree works: T1 - Corsican Pine - remove or reduce in height to 2m above the power cables and reduce the radius accordingly. T2 - Common Holly - Reduce in height to approx 7.5m and radius of approx 2m with shaping as required. Within the Hemswell conservation area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Aug 2026
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Validated
19 Aug 2026
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Approved
28 Sept 2026

Approved on 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

Potentially contaminated land
Hemswell 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.
Council document ↗
National infrastructure project 658 m away: Tillbridge Solar Project
The site is 658 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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 ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 16 and 20, Weldon Road, Grade II, 41 m away · 1 Grade II*, 1 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Potentially contaminated landCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Hemswell built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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

Application type
TREE_Cons Area Tree Application
Postcode
DN21 5UE
Received
15 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
HEMSWELL
Parish
Hemswell CP
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Tree No Objection Decision
Decision date
28 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, about the council's usual 39 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
146decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00783
Comments by
14 Sept 2026
Committee
17 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Lindsey
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#134 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

West Lindsey ranks #110 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Lindsey decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #70 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #123 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #110 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #187 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
80 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
25 decided (10+ homes)
94%
Change of use approved
33 decided
562
Total decisions
39 refused in the year to March 2026