Orchard Cottage Church Street Withersfield Suffolk CB9 7SG Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/1293/TCA - Works to trees in Conservation Area Pending

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - two Holly (marked on plan) fell Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
24 Aug 2026
Consultation
25 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 5 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 2 Oct 2026, from West Suffolk's recent tree and landscaping works. Comments are open until 18 Sept 2026.

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Site constraints 3

Withersfield 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). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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.
5 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Withersfield War Memorial, Grade II, 61 m away · 2 Grade II*, 3 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.
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Historic England ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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

Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
CB9 7SG
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Withersfield
Parish
Withersfield
Target decision
5 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Agent
JMW Services

Decision outlook

Day 20 of the 56-day target. West Suffolk usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 39.

Day 2036 days to the 56-day target
93%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
307decided 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.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 1 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15179526
Consultation
25 Aug 2026
Comments by
18 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
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