The Old Rectory Church Lane Exning CB8 7HF
Approved on 15 April 2020
Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - (i) 5no. Lime (G1 on plan) - Crown lift to 5.2 metres above ground (ii) 3no. Cypress (G2 on plan) - overall crown reduction by 1 metre
- Received
- 4 March 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Exning
- ReceivedReceived4 Mar
- ValidatedValidated11 Mar
- Consult.Consultation2 Apr
- TargetTarget Date22 Apr
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Church Lane Exning CB8 7HF. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Exning conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Exning. We hold 1,571 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 7HF
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Exning
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 March 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 2 April 2020
- Consultation start
- 12 March 2020
- Consultation end
- 2 April 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 April 2020
- Target decision date
- 22 April 2020
- Permission expires
- 15 April 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 48 High Street Soham CB7 5HE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08560177
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 15
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202529 May
Trees in a conservation area notification - one yew (T1 on plan) fell
ApprovedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaDC/25/0898/TCA - 202512 Feb
Trees in a conservation area notification - a. three Lime (T1-T3) pollard at 10 metres b. three Yew (T4 T6…
ApprovedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaDC/25/0246/TCA
Source: West Suffolk
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