Rotherwood, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY Data via plota.co.uk

DMOT/2025/1204 Approved

Proposal

The pruning of a group of Yew trees (G1) and a Silver Birch Tree at Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
15 Sept 2025
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Approved
27 Oct 2025

Approved on 27 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 7

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Mease SAC
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Smisby 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Ivanhoe House, Grade II, about 48 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 5 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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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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Other new applications on this street

7 Sept 2026Approved

Hasbury Cottage, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY

The felling of two trees (one Scots Pine and one Eucalyptus) at

DMOT/2026/1151
7 Sept 2026Approved

Hillside Cottage, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, Derbyshire, LE65 2TY

The felling of trees at

DMOT/2026/1199
28 Aug 2026Approved

Pitts Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, Derbyshire, LE65 2TY

The pruning of trees at

DMOT/2026/1164
19 Aug 2026Approved

Ivanhoe House, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY

Listed Building Consent for the installation of EV charger point at

DMPA/2026/1091

Nearby new applications

7 Sept 2026Approved

Hillside Cottage, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, Derbyshire, LE65 2TY

The felling of trees at

DMOT/2026/1199
7 Sept 2026Approved

Hasbury Cottage, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY

The felling of two trees (one Scots Pine and one Eucalyptus) at

DMOT/2026/1151
28 Aug 2026Approved

Pitts Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, Derbyshire, LE65 2TY

The pruning of trees at

DMOT/2026/1164
19 Aug 2026Approved

Ivanhoe House, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY

Listed Building Consent for the installation of EV charger point at

DMPA/2026/1091

Important details

Council
South Derbyshire
Postcode
LE65 2TY
Received
15 Sept 2025
Validated
15 Sept 2025
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Oct 2025
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
27 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 36 days faster than South Derbyshire's median of 78 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.

12%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
213decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by South Derbyshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Derbyshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
25 Sept 2025
Comments by
23 Oct 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Pitts Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2TY
The pruning and reduction of trees at
DMOT/2025/0567
2025 Approved
Pitts Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2TY
The pruning and reduction of trees at
DMOT/2025/0567
2025
Pitts Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2TY
Listed Building Consent for replacement windows at
DMPA/2025/0574
2025
Pitts Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2TY
Listed Building Consent for replacement windows at
DMPA/2025/0574
2024 Approved
Hillside Cottage, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2TY
The felling of a tree in a Conservation Area at
DMOT/2024/0374
2024 Approved
Hillside Cottage, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2TY
The felling of a tree in a Conservation Area at
DMOT/2024/0374
2023 Approved
Hillside Lodge, Derby Road, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2RG
The pruning of three trees and the felling of two at
DMOT/2023/1169
2023 Approved
Hillside Lodge, Derby Road, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2RG
The pruning of three trees and the felling of two at
DMOT/2023/1169
2022 Approved
Pitts Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Listed building consent for erection of brick and stone wall and areas of repointing to d…
DMPA/2022/1424
2022 Approved
Pitts Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Erection of timber summer house and pergola, brick and stone wall, timber vehicular and p…
DMPA/2022/1111
2022 Approved
Pitts Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Listed building consent for erection of brick and stone wall and areas of repointing to d…
DMPA/2022/1424
2022 Approved
Pitts Farm, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Erection of timber summer house and pergola, brick and stone wall, timber vehicular and p…
DMPA/2022/1111
2023
Hillside Cottage, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Works to 12no. trees in a conservation area
DMOT/2023/0182
2023
Hillside Cottage, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Works to 12no. trees in a conservation area
DMOT/2023/0182
2022 Approved
Hillside cottage, Main street, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2TY
The erection of a single storey rear extension, including demolition of existing conserva…
DMPA/2022/0501
2022 Approved
Hillside cottage, Main street, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2TY
The erection of a single storey rear extension, including demolition of existing conserva…
DMPA/2022/0501
2022 Withdrawn
Hillside Cottage, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Listed Building application for Removal of Existing Conservatory and Proposed Single Stor…
DMPA/2022/1479
2022 Withdrawn
Hillside Cottage, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
Listed Building application for Removal of Existing Conservatory and Proposed Single Stor…
DMPA/2022/1479
2022 Approved
Ivanhoe House, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
The pruning of various trees and the removal of T2 Ash Tree at
DMOT/2022/1002
2022 Approved
Ivanhoe House, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 2TY
The pruning of various trees and the removal of T2 Ash Tree at
DMOT/2022/1002
2016 Approved
TRURO COTTAGE 1 CHAPEL STREET SMISBY ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH DERBYSHIRE
THE FELLING AND PRUNING OF TREES AT
9/2016/0589
2016 Approved
IVANHOE HOUSE MAIN STREET SMISBY ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH DERBYSHIRE
THE FELLING AND PRUNING OF TREES AT
9/2016/0445
2016 Approved
IVANHOE HOUSE MAIN STREET SMISBY ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH DERBYSHIRE
THE FELLING AND PRUNING OF TREES AT
9/2016/0445
2016 Approved
VILLAGE HALL MAIN STREET SMISBY ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH DERBYSHIRE
THE ADDITION OF AN AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT AT
9/2016/0249
2016 Approved
VILLAGE HALL MAIN STREET SMISBY ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH DERBYSHIRE
THE ADDITION OF AN AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT AT
9/2016/0249
South Derbyshire
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#101 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Derbyshire ranks #177 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Derbyshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #46 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #42 of 296
61%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #177 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #132 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
86 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
97%
Change of use approved
29 decided
605
Total decisions
34 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings