Planning application
2 King Street Whetstone Leicester Leicestershire LE8 6LS
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed works to T1-T6 (Cherry, Ash and Poplar trees): crown lift over the footpath to 2.5m, remove damaged low lateral branches overhanging the pedestrian pathway and parked vehicles, re-pollard to previous pruning points by reducing up to 3-4m of regrowth, and remove deadwood.
As published by the council, reference 26/0746/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0746/TPO
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 4 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 7 Sep 2026
- Postcode
- LE8 6LS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Blaby register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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24/0369/DOC Granted
2 King Street Whetstone Leicester Leicestershire LE8 6LS
Application to discharge conditions 3 (materials), 4 (landscaping) & 8 (construction management plan) to planning application 23/0438/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Sep 2026
Received by Blaby
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7 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 2 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Blaby took a median of 80 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with Blaby for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Blaby decided tree works applications in a median of 46 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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2 King Street Whetstone Leicester Leicestershire LE8 6LS
Application to discharge conditions 3 (materials), 4 (landscaping) & 8 (construction management plan) to planning application 23/0438/FUL
Granted Conditions 9 docs -
Whetstone Baptist Church King Street Whetstone Leicester Leicestershire LE8 6LS
100% historically approved · decision due ~15 Jun
Discharge of condition 4 (Hand Rails) , 7 (External Lighting), 8 (Historic Architectural Features), 9 (External Doors), 10 (WSI), 23 (CMP) attached to planning permission 24/0873/FUL.
Awaiting decision Conditions 30 docs -
105 High Street Whetstone Leicestershire LE8 6LQ
Single storey rear and single storey front extension
Granted Householder Extension 4 docsSmall domestic -
46 Attfield Drive Whetstone Leicestershire LE8 6NE
Addition of canopy to front of dwelling.
Granted Householder 8 docsDomestic -
73 Attfield Drive Whetstone Leicestershire LE8 6ND
Two storey front and side extension with front canopy
Granted Householder Extension 4 docsDomestic -
3 Johnson Close Whetstone Leicestershire LE8 6NH
Single storey rear extension
Granted Householder Extension 4 docsSmall domestic
Other tree works applications
In Blaby
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26/0731/TPO Awaiting decision
22 Maple Tree Walk Littlethorpe Leicester Leicestershire LE19 2JX
Works on the overhanging lime tree - Cut back to boundary fence from garden of 22 Maple Tree walk into 6 Furrows Close.
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26/0727/TPO Awaiting decision
46 Leicester Road Sharnford Leicester Leicestershire LE10 3PR
25 Alder trees requiring crown reduction down to the previous pollard point.
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26/0715/TPO Awaiting decision
Long Spinney & Foxholes Spinney Braunstone LE3 3FL
Various works along Lubbesthorpe Brook
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26/0708/TPO Awaiting decision
2 Rosendene Close Kirby Muxloe Leicester Leicestershire LE9 2EZ
T1 - Lime Tree - Re-pollard to previous cuts.
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26/0684/TC Granted
6 Roundhill Kirby Muxloe Leicester Leicestershire LE9 2DY
Felling of Trees T19-T26 located to the rear and side of the garage, and Tree T9 located to the front of the dwelling house.