Walnut Tree Cottage Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB
Approved on 26 March 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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
- Received
- 2 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Badwell Ash
- ReceivedReceived2 Mar
- ValidatedValidated3 Mar
- Consult.Consultation24 Mar
- TargetTarget Date14 Apr
- DecidedDecided26 Mar
Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Walnut Tree Cottage Church Lane Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Finningham conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Badwell Ash. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the IP14 postcode area.
99% of trees applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- IP14 4JB
- Application type
- Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Finningham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 24 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 24 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 26 March 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Finningham
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20211 Feb
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1No Plumb tree and ground stump ground. Fell…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/21/00590 - 201917 Oct
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - T1 (Ash) - Reduction of crown by 30%, T2 (Ash)…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/19/04903 - 201827 Jun
Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of garden room to replace existing shed.
ApprovedListed building consentDC/18/02931 - 201827 Jun
Householder Planning Application - Erection of a garden room to replace existing shed.
ApprovedHouseholderDC/18/02930
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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