Planning application
Smock Wood Farm Limby Hall Lane Swannington Leicestershire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
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
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: No objection
- Received
- 13 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 13 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 17 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Valley
- Parish
- Swannington
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
13 Aug 2026
Received by North West Leicestershire
-
17 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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17 Sep 2026
Decision issued: No objection
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
25 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
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
North West Leicestershire granted permission on 17 September 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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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