The Blue Bell Inn 36 Main Street Hoby Leicestershire LE14 3DT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00054/TCA - Trees Cons Area Section 211 notices Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 - Conifer tree that requires felling due to size and poor position that blocks light in the garden seating area. T2 - Ash tree - also requires felling for the same reason that it is blocking light to the pub garden seating. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jan 2026
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Consultation
5 Feb 2026
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Approved
31 Mar 2026

Approved on 31 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Response letter Decision · 31 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Response letter Decision · 31 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Application form - without personal data 23.01.2026 Forms and plans · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗ IMG Sketch plan 23.01.2026 Forms and plans · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Lcc forestry comments 27.02.2026 Consultation replies · 27 Feb 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

IMG Photo of tree 2 23.01.2026 Photo · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗ IMG Photo of tree 23.01.2026 Photo · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Blue Bell Public House, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 3 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.
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Historic England ↗
Hoby 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 173 m away: Churchyard cross in All Saints' churchyard; Radon affected area, class 3; Priority habitat about 15 m away: Traditional orchard; National infrastructure project about 1236 m away: Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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.

Building

Floor area338 m² (3,638 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 58)
UseA3/A4/A5 Restaurant and Cafes/Drinking Establishments and Hot Food takeaways
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2021, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Melton
Application type
Trees Cons Area Section 211 notices
Postcode
LE14 3DT
Received
23 Jan 2026
Validated
23 Jan 2026
Ward
Frisby On The Wreake
Parish
Hoby With Rotherby
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Mar 2026
Decision
Deemed consent
Decision date
31 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Middletons Tree Care

How this decision compares

Decided in 67 days from validation, 31 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-14647379
Planning Portal ref
PP-14647379
Consultation
5 Feb 2026
Comments by
26 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.