Holly Gardens The Street Somerleyton Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 5QB Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/3141/TCA - Works to Trees in Conservation Area Awaiting decision

Proposal

1no. Beech (marked T1 on submitted plan) - Raise crown to 4m from ground level 1no. Horse Chestnut (marked T2 on submitted plan) - Raise crown to 4m from ground level 1no. Ginkgo (marked T3 on submitted plan) - Fell 1no. Hawthorn (marked T4 on submitted plan) - Fell 1no. Hazel (marked T5 on submitted plan) - Reduce whole crown by 2m 1no. Cherry (marked T6 on submitted plan) - Raise crown to 3m from ground level 1no. Mixed Hedge (marked T7 on submitted plan) - Raise crown to 3m from ground level 2no. Pear (marked T8 & T9 on submitted plan) - Reduce whole crown by 2.5m… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
7 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 17 Oct 2026, from East Suffolk's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 6

Somerleyton 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 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Pond Cottages, Grade II, 47 m away · 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
National park 277 m away: The Broads; Registered park or garden 204 m away: Somerleyton Park.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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

Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
NR32 5QB
Received
7 Sept 2026
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Ward
Lothingland
Parish
Ashby, Herringfleet And Somerleyton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Robert Barham

Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. East Suffolk usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 40.

Day 848 days to the 56-day target
96%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
235decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
19 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#129 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

East Suffolk ranks #183 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #81 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #76 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #183 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #162 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
212 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
139 decided
1,965
Total decisions
158 refused in the year to March 2026