Oakcroft The Street Culford Suffolk IP28 6DT Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/1356/TCA - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - two Silver Birch (marked T1 and T2 on plan) reduce crown by 2.5 metres and reduce lateral crown spread by 1.5 metres, one Silver birch and one Gleditsia (marked T3 and T4 on plan) fell and three Laurel (marked G1 on plan) reduce crown and spread by one metre Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Sept 2026
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Consultation
8 Sept 2026
✓
Approved
8 Oct 2026

Approved on 8 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION - APPROVE TREES IN CA Decision Notice · 8 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Officer Report · 8 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

West Stow and Culford Park 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. 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.
Registered park or garden 37 m away: Culford Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat 32 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 2 November 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

Council
West Suffolk
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
IP28 6DT
Received
3 Sept 2026
Validated
3 Sept 2026
Ward
Risby
Parish
Culford, West Stow & Wordwell
Target decision
15 Oct 2026
Decision
No objections
Decision date
8 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Gadd Brothers Trees and Landscapes Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 5 days faster than West Suffolk's median of 40 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
591decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15202201
Planning Portal ref
PP-15202201
Consultation
8 Sept 2026
Comments by
29 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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DC/22/1791/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2017 Approved
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West Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
4.3/10
Below average
#186 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

West Suffolk is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #208 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #104 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #95 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #208 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #204 of 296
64%
Minor dwellings approved
96 decided (1-9 homes)
90%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
51 decided
1,018
Total decisions
91 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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