1 Brook Farm Cottage Bury Road Wickham Street Wickhambrook Suffolk CB8 8XJ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/1479/TCA - Works to trees in Conservation Area Pending Consideration

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one Portugese Cherry Laurel (as indicated on plan by circle) fell Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

28 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

5 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 9 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 6 Nov 2026, from West Suffolk's recent tree and landscaping works.

Comments are open until 26 Oct 2026

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Documents 5

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 28 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

Wickhambrook 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 2

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) agrees.

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: Traditional orchards

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

9 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: unnamed, 42 m away · 8 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.

Show all 9 with distances

42 mUnnamed
47 mThe CottageGrade II
56 mManor CottageGrade II
75 mFort GeorgeGrade II
83 mBrookhouse FarmhouseGrade II
107 mBrooklyn HouseGrade II
116 mManor Farm BarnGrade II
122 mPlumbers ArmsGrade II
140 mStreet FarmhouseGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Priority habitat 8 m away: Traditional orchard.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Building

Floor area101 m² (1,087 sq ft)

Energy ratingE (45 out of 100), could reach D

PropertySemi-detached house, 6 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsTimber frame, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2026, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: West Suffolk
Application type: Works to trees in Conservation Area
Postcode: CB8 8XJ
Received: 28 Sept 2026
Validated: 28 Sept 2026
Ward: Whepstead And Wickhambrook
Parish: Wickhambrook
Target decision: 9 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: JMW Services

Decision outlook

Day 11 of the 56-day target. West Suffolk usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 39.

prediction

Day 1145 days to the 56-day target

93%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

397decided 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.

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15252211
Planning Portal ref: PP-15252211
Consultation: 5 Oct 2026
Comments by: 26 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 9 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved

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DC/22/0031/TCA 17 Feb 2022

2022 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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.