Thornhill Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB Data via plota.co.uk

26/00226/TCA - Trees in Conservation Area Application Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
12 Feb 2026
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Approved
26 Mar 2026

Approved on 26 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 26 Jul 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 12 Feb 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

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Site constraints 5

Skeffington 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 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project: Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, at pre-application; 3 listed buildings within 150 m.
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

Council
Harborough
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area Application
Postcode
LE7 9YB
Received
12 Feb 2026
Validated
12 Feb 2026
Ward
Billesdon And Tilton
Parish
Skeffington
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Mar 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
26 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, about the council's usual 39 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
281decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14700836
Planning Portal ref
PP-14700836
Comments by
20 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
26 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2018 Approved
Works to trees (fell)
18/01854/TCA
2018 Approved
Works to trees (fell)
18/01854/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Whitethorns Rolleston Road Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YD
Works to trees (fell)
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2025 Approved
Whitethorns Rolleston Road Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YD
Works to trees (fell)
25/00979/TCA
2025 Approved
Hencrest Cottage Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees (Sycamore trees numbered 1 and 2 a crown reduction of average 3m in height…
25/00539/TCA
2025 Approved
Hencrest Cottage Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees (Sycamore trees numbered 1 and 2 a crown reduction of average 3m in height…
25/00539/TCA
2025 Withdrawn
Hencrest Cottage Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees
25/00288/TCA
2025 Withdrawn
Hencrest Cottage Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees
25/00288/TCA
2024 Decided
The Spinneys Rolleston Road Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YD
Works to trees (Fell T2 Lime. TPO served on T1 Willow)
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2024 Decided
The Spinneys Rolleston Road Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YD
Works to trees (Fell T2 Lime. TPO served on T1 Willow)
24/00001/TCA
2023 Approved
Woodlands Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees
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2023 Refused
Woodlands Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Removal of existing laurel hedge and planting of new hedge and erection of timber fencing…
23/00548/FUL
2023 Refused
Woodlands Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Removal of existing laurel hedge and planting of new hedge and erection of timber fencing…
23/00548/FUL
2023 Approved
The Spinneys Rolleston Road Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YD
Work to trees (Fell)
23/00214/TCA
2023 Approved
The Spinneys Rolleston Road Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YD
Work to trees (Fell)
23/00214/TCA
2022 Approved
Mortain House Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees
22/02160/TCA
2022 Approved
Mortain House Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees
22/02160/TCA
2022 Withdrawn
The Well Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees (fell)
22/01275/TCA
2022 Withdrawn
The Well Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees (fell)
22/01275/TCA
2022 Approved
The Well Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees (fell)
22/01272/TCA
2022 Approved
The Well Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees (fell)
22/01272/TCA
2022 Approved
The Well Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Demolition of existing rear extensions and erection of single storey rear and side extens…
22/01046/FUL
2016 Approved
Mortain House Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees
16/01036/TCA
2016 Approved
Little Skeffington Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees (fell) LCC TPO 45
16/00991/TPO
2016 Approved
Little Skeffington Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees (fell) LCC TPO 45
16/00991/TPO
2016 Withdrawn
Little Skeffington Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees (fell)
16/00408/TCA
2016 Withdrawn
Little Skeffington Main Street Skeffington Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Works to trees (fell)
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Harborough
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#187 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Harborough is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #230 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Harborough decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #131 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #155 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #230 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #128 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
96 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
50 decided
814
Total decisions
90 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings