Crabbe House Bury Road Wickham Street Wickhambrook Suffolk CB8 8XJ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/1029/TCA - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one Red Maple (Marked on plan) fell Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jul 2026
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Consultation
8 Jul 2026
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Approved
14 Aug 2026

Approved on 14 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 15 Aug 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION - APPROVE TREES IN CA Decision Notice · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Officer Report · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG TREE LOCATION PLAN Site and Other Plans/Drawings · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF PARISH COUNCIL COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

IMG PHOTO Photo · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Listed building: at the site
List entry 1235956 · 0 m away · 9 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 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 ↗
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: 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 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 area238 m² (2,562 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (69 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
Built1983 to 1990
HeatingAir source heat pump, radiators, electric
WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2014, 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
8 Jul 2026
Validated
8 Jul 2026
Ward
Whepstead And Wickhambrook
Parish
Wickhambrook
Target decision
19 Aug 2026
Decision
No objections
Decision date
14 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, about the council's usual 39 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15069666
Planning Portal ref
PP-15069666
Consultation
8 Jul 2026
Comments by
29 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Aug 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
Brooklyn Cottage Bury Road Wickham Street Wickhambrook CB8 8XJ
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DC/22/0031/TCA
2022 Approved
Brooklyn Cottage Bury Road Wickham Street Wickhambrook CB8 8XJ
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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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.