Planning application
Smock Wood Farm Limby Hall Lane Swannington Leicestershire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Forestry workshop and machinery store building with access track and area of hardstanding (Forestry Prior Notification)
As published by the council, reference 26/01044/AGP
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01044/AGP
- Type
- Agricultural PD Prior Notification
- Status
- Validated
- Received
- 13 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Valley
- Parish
- Swannington
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Aug 2026
Received by North West Leicestershire
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17 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
North West Leicestershire took a median of 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- SITE NOTICE PHOTOS- SMOCK WOOD FARM, LIMBY HALL LANE
- TIMBER HUB INFORMATION
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- THE LOCATION PLAN
- WOODLAND MANAGEMENT PLAN
- LAYOUT PLAN
- SUPPORTING STATEMENT
- GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF BUILDINGS
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN OF THE SITE
- GRID-LINE PLAN (BASE LAYOUT)
- FRONT ELEVATION CLADDING LAYOUT
- REAR ELEVATION CLADDING LAYOUT
- LEFT ELEVATION CLADDING LAYOUT
- ROOF PLAN CLADDING LAYOUT
- RIGHT ELEVATION CLADDING LAYOUT
- GRID-LINE PROPOSED SLAB LAYOUT
- GABLE ELEVATION SHOWING STEEL WORK
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with North West Leicestershire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year North West Leicestershire's median decision took 62 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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