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DC/25/1215/TCA - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - 11 mixed field maple and sycamore (G1 on plan) cut back branches overhanging garden by up to four metres Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Aug 2025
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Validated
5 Aug 2025
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Consultation
5 Aug 2025
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Approved
12 Sept 2025

Approved on 12 Sept 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 12 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Officer Report · 12 Sept 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF SPECIFICATION OF WORKS Supporting Documents · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ IMG PHOTO 1 Supporting Documents · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: Corner Thatch Heathfield Lodge
List entry 1031292 · 20 m away · 5 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 4 Grade II)
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 ↗
Honington 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 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
IP31 1SB
Received
1 Aug 2025
Validated
5 Aug 2025
Ward
Bardwell
Parish
Honington Cum Sapiston
Target decision
16 Sept 2025
Decision
No objections
Decision date
12 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
D.M Tree and Landscape Contractors Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, about the council's usual 40 days. 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.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 16 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14222855
Planning Portal ref
PP-14222855
Consultation
5 Aug 2025
Comments by
27 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
16 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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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