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The Mill Barn Mill Lane Exning CB8 7JW

DC/20/0371/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 April 2020

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - (i) T1 Beech - crown reduction by 2 metres in height and spread, and thin regrowth from previous crown reduction by 25% (ii) T2 Willow - crown reduction by 3 metres in height and spread (iii) T3 Sycamore - Fell (iv) T4 Lime - crown reduction by 3 metres in height

Received
2 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Exning
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided3 Apr

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Mill Barn Mill Lane Exning CB8 7JW. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 7JW
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Exning

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2020
Consultation expiry
25 March 2020
Consultation start
4 March 2020
Consultation end
25 March 2020
Neighbour consultation end
25 March 2020
Target decision date
13 April 2020
Permission expires
3 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hill Farm Upware Ely CB7 5YQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08547731
Documents
4
Constraints
17

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: ExningPart of the site

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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    31 Aug

    Application to discharge condition 3 (Arboricultural Method Statement) of application DC/23/1733/HH

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDCON(A)/23/1733
  2. 2023
    23 Oct

    Householder planning application - a. relocation of entrance b. part single storey, part two storey front…

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/23/1733/HH
  3. 2023
    23 Oct

    Application for listed building consent - a. relocation of entrance b. part single storey, part two storey…

    ApprovedListed building consentDC/23/1734/LB
  4. 2021
    12 May

    Application to discharge condition 4 (Arboricultural Method Statement) of DC/20/1173/HH

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDCON(A)/20/1173
  5. 2020
    16 Jul

    Householder Planning Application - Single storey side extensions to existing garage

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/20/1173/HH

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