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Willowbrook 1 Brookside Exning CB8 7HP

DC/17/1897/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 23 November 2017

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO/1970/133 - Tree Preservation Order - (i) 1no. Laurel (T1 on plan, within G1 on order) fell, (ii) 1no. Conifier (T2 on plan, Within G1 on order) fell, (iii) 3no. Laurel (T3-T5 on plan, within G1 on order) coppice (iv) 1no. Sycamore (T6 on plan, within G1 on order) crown lift to 3 metres, (v) 1no. Willow (T7 on plan, within G1 on order) repollard back to previous points and (vi) 12no. Self-set Elders (within G1 on order) fell

Received
12 September 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Exning
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.19 Oct
  4. Target23 Nov
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Willowbrook 1 Brookside Exning CB8 7HP. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Exning conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Exning. We hold 1,572 applications in total for the CB8 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at West Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB8 7HP
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Exning

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 September 2017
Consultation expiry
19 October 2017
Consultation start
28 September 2017
Consultation end
19 October 2017
Neighbour consultation end
19 October 2017
Target decision date
23 November 2017
Permission expires
23 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Arboracre Elms Road Red Lodge IP28 8TD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06376299
Documents
5
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Exning

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

Source: West Suffolk

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