Craster House 22 The Street Barton Mills Suffolk IP28 6AW Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/1689/TCA - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one Silver birch (marked on plan) reduce height to five metres above ground level Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Oct 2025
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Consultation
27 Oct 2025
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Approved
4 Dec 2025

Approved on 4 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATION PANEL REPORT Officer Report · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Officer Report · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF CONFIRMATION OF WORKS Application Correspondence · 27 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Barton Mills 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Local nature reserve 275 m away: Barton Mills
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1163 m away: Sunnica Energy Farm; SSSI 275 m away: Breckland Forest SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Barton Mills built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £275,000 in May 2011. Detached house, freehold.

31 May 2011£275,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area246 m² (2,648 sq ft)
Energy ratingG (1 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms
Built1967 to 1975
HeatingPortable electric heaters assumed for most rooms
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2011, 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
IP28 6AW
Received
24 Oct 2025
Validated
24 Oct 2025
Ward
Manor
Parish
Barton Mills
Target decision
5 Dec 2025
Decision
No objections
Decision date
4 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 41 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 11 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14435179
Planning Portal ref
PP-14435179
Consultation
27 Oct 2025
Comments by
17 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
5 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.