Walnut Tree Cottage Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB Data via plota.co.uk
DC/26/00836 - Notification
Approved
Proposal
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 - Walnut tree to be crown reduced by 2 meters all over keeping a balanced crown T2 - Walnut tree to be crown reduced by 2 meters all over keeping a balanced crown T3 - Weeping willow to be re pollarded to approx. 4 meters in height Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
2 Mar 2026
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Validated
3 Mar 2026
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Consultation
3 Mar 2026
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Approved
26 Mar 2026
Approved on 26 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026
Documents 2
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 6
Grade II listed: Walnut Tree Cottage
List entry 1033183 · 0 m away · 11 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 9 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.
Show the other 11 with distances
- 44 mBanks Monument and Railed Enclosure About 25 Metres North of Church of St BartholomewGrade II
- 45 mThe Old HouseGrade II
- 55 mThe CottageGrade II
- 56 mChurch of St BartholomewGrade I
- 57 mYew Tree House and AmberleyGrade II*
- 59 mFinningham War MemorialGrade II
- 81 mShadwell HouseGrade II
- 87 mThe Cottage About 60 Metres West of Yeoman HouseGrade II
- 97 mYeoman HouseGrade II
- 115 mApricot BarnGrade II
- 138 mGreen FarmhouseGrade II
Finningham 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.
Public bridleway 18 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
National infrastructure project 894 m away: Norwich to Tilbury
The site is 894 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due. Also within 2 km: Suffolk Water Recycling Transfer and Storage (at pre-application, 72 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Also on the record
Inside the Finningham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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 2
Last sold for £520,000 in September 2015. Detached house, freehold.
16 September 2015£520,000
26 October 2000£249,000
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Babergh Mid Suffolk
- Application type
- Notification
- Postcode
- IP14 4JB
- Received
- 2 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 3 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Badwell Ash
- Parish
- Finningham
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 14 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Decision date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 23 days from validation, 6 days faster than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 29 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
This one23d
Council29d
UK36d
98%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
371decided in the last year
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 24 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14743444
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14743444
- Consultation
- 3 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 24 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 14 Apr 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
33 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2021
Approved
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1No Plumb tree and ground st…
2021
Approved
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1No Plumb tree and ground st…
2019
Approved
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - T1 (Ash) - Reduction of crown by…
2019
Approved
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - T1 (Ash) - Reduction of crown by…
2018
Approved
Householder Planning Application - Erection of a garden room to replace existing shed.
2018
Approved
Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of garden room to replace existing she…
2018
Approved
Householder Planning Application - Erection of a garden room to replace existing shed.
2018
Approved
Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of garden room to replace existing she…
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
Martins Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce, shape and balance one oak…
2025
Approved
Martins Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce, shape and balance one oak…
2025
Approved
Martins Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 Oak tree, reduce the canopy of…
2025
Approved
Martins Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 Oak tree, reduce the canopy of…
2024
Approved
Amberley Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - - Reduce the height of 1 No. Beec…
2024
Approved
Amberley Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - - Reduce the height of 1 No. Beec…
2024
Approved
The Old House And The Cottage Church Path Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JD
Application for Listed Building Consent - Internal works to re-instate pre-existing inter…
2024
Approved
The Old House And The Cottage Church Path Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JD
Application for Listed Building Consent - Internal works to re-instate pre-existing inter…
2024
Approved
Amberley Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB
Application for works to a tree in a Conservation Area - Reduce 1No twin stemmed Beech tr…
2024
Approved
Amberley Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB
Application for works to a tree in a Conservation Area - Reduce 1No twin stemmed Beech tr…
2024
Approved
The Cottage Church Path Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JD
Notification of Works to Trees in Conservation Area - Fell No.1 Oak (T1) to ground level…
2024
Approved
The Cottage Church Path Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JD
Notification of Works to Trees in Conservation Area - Fell No.1 Oak (T1) to ground level…
2024
Church Lane Finningham Suffolk
Notification from a Statutory Undertaker -Installation of a 12m pole for the mounting of…
2024
Church Lane Finningham Suffolk
Notification from a Statutory Undertaker -Installation of a 12m pole for the mounting of…
2023
Approved
Yew Tree House Church Lane Finningham IP14 4JB
Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of single storey rear extension and as…
2023
Approved
Yew Tree House Church Lane Finningham IP14 4JB
Householder Application - Erection of single-storey rear extension.
2023
Approved
Yew Tree House Church Lane Finningham IP14 4JB
Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of single storey rear extension and as…
2023
Approved
Yew Tree House Church Lane Finningham IP14 4JB
Householder Application - Erection of single-storey rear extension.
2023
Approved
The Old House Church Path Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JD
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce height of 1No Yew Tree (T1…
2023
Approved
The Old House Church Path Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JD
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce height of 1No Yew Tree (T1…
2017
Approved
The Old House Church Path Finningham IP14 4JD
To remove external cement render to approximately 1 metre up from ground level to expose…
2017
Approved
Yew Tree House Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket IP14 4JB
T1 on application plan - Irish yew tree in front garden adjacent to drive - reduce in hei…
2017
Approved
Yew Tree House Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket IP14 4JB
T1 on application plan - Irish yew tree in front garden adjacent to drive - reduce in hei…
2016
Approved
Martins Church Lane Finningham IP14 4JB
Reduce unbalanced Oak on property side by up to 2m (T1), Oversized Oak tree to reduce cro…
2016
Approved
Shadwell House Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket IP14 4JB
Fell one Beech to ground level.
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#33 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
Babergh Mid Suffolk is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #56 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Babergh Mid Suffolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #124 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #68 of 296
77%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #56 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #83 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
160 decided (1-9 homes)
73%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
40 decided
882
Total decisions
99 refused in the year to March 2026
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
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