Spinney House 35 Somerby Road Knossington Oakham LE15 8LY Data via plota.co.uk

2026/TPO/0103/LCC Pending

Proposal

Description: G001 – Common Ash, trees 00173–00177: remove 5 no. trees to ground level due to mid/late-stage Ash Dieback and poor condition. G002 – Mixed species group: remove to ground level, late-stage Ash Dieback and remove dead elm to ground level. – Common Ash: remove to ground level. – Common Ash: remove to ground level. – Common Ash: remove to ground level. – Common Ash: remove to ground level. – Common Ash: remove to ground level. – Common Ash: remove to ground level. – Common Ash: remove dead tree to ground level. – Common Ash: remove to ground level due to Ash Dieback and declining condition. – Common Ash: remove to ground level due to Ash Dieback and poor condition adjacent to driveway. – Common Ash: remove crown/tree to standing stem – Sycamore: remove to ground level; tree is largely dead and in poor condition. – English Yew: remove dead roadside tree to ground level; tree is leaning towards the road. – Sycamore: reduce crown by 2.5m in height and proportionately in spread due to compression fork at base and lean towards road. – Sycamore: remove to ground level due to Sooty Bark Disease – Common Ash: reduce to an 8–10m high monolith due to severe decline and late-stage Ash Dieback – Pedunculate Oak: reduce over-extended low limb by 2m laterally and remove major deadwood over the road. – Common Ash: aerially inspect cavity at point of bifurcation to establish extent of decay. – Common Ash: remove to ground level due to late-stage Ash Dieback and poor condition. – Common Ash: remove to ground level due to Ash Dieback and poor condition. – Sycamore: reduce in height by approximately 5m due to large basal cavitation, significant hollowing and large hung-up material within the canopy. – Pedunculate Oak: remove major deadwood over the road and sever ivy to approximately 0.5m above ground level. – Common Ash: reduce by approximately 5m in height and proportionately in spread. – Sycamore: remove basal epicormic growth to permit inspection of the base. – Sycamore: remove basal epicormic growth to permit inspection of the base. – Sycamore: remove hung-up and partially snapped branch from mid-crown. – Common Ash: remove to ground level due to late-stage Ash Dieback and poor condition. – Common Ash: remove to ground level due to late-stage Ash Dieback and poor condition. The principal reasons for the works are tree safety, progressive Ash Dieback, Sooty Bark Disease, dead and dying trees, structural defects, cavities, deadwood and general physiological decline, as detailed within the accompanying arboricultural report. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Sept 2026
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Validated
15 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 43.

Site constraints 5

Knossington 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 3b
Not 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
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Priority habitat about 32 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 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 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 area317 m² (3,412 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (49 out of 100), could reach D
PropertyDetached house, 12 habitable rooms
Built1983 to 1990
HeatingBoiler and radiators, LPG
WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2025, 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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Postcode
LE15 8LY
Received
9 Sept 2026
Validated
15 Sept 2026
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Decision outlook

Day 43, past Leicestershire County Council's usual 35 days for tree and landscaping works. 100% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 15 Dec 2026.

Day 4313 days to the 56-day target
100%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
64decided in the last year

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

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.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.