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Unit 10 Swan Lane Business Park Swan Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7FN

DC/18/1060/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 July 2018

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - (i) 5no. Silver Birch (T1, T2, T3, T4 & T5 on plan) Crown reduce by 1.5 metres, and crown raise to give 1.5 metre clearance from adjacent buildings. 1no. Beech (T6 on plan) Crown lift to 5 metres and overall crown reduction by 20%

Received
1 June 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Exning
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Unit 10 Swan Lane Business Park Swan Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7FN. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Exning conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7FN
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Exning

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2018
Consultation expiry
3 July 2018
Consultation start
12 June 2018
Consultation end
3 July 2018
Neighbour consultation end
3 July 2018
Target decision date
23 July 2018
Permission expires
17 July 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
12

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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    29 Oct

    Trees in a conservation area notification - one Maple (indicated on plan) pollard to five metres above ground…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaDC/24/1582/TCA
  2. 2024
    9 Aug

    Trees in a conservation area notification - three Sycamore (indicated on plan) crown lift to five metres…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaDC/24/1077/TCA
  3. 2014
    27 Feb

    Crown lift to 3 metres No.16 trees and remove suckers from base of trees - including Silver Birch, Ash and…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaDC/14/0375/TCA
  4. 2013
    21 Oct

    Fell 3 no. maples and crown lift to 3 metres 5 no. maples and 1no Sycamore

    ApprovedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaDC/13/0514/TCA
  5. 2013
    8 Jul

    7No Maple trees (1-7) - remove branches overhanging 11 Swan Grove, Exning. 1No Flowering Cherry tree (8)…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaF/2013/0376/CAT

Source: West Suffolk

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