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St John The Baptist Church Ashen Lane Stoke By Clare Suffolk

DC/21/2267/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 18 January 2022

Council decision: Withdrawn / abandoned

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one Oak (T3 on plan) reduce lowest branch by two metres back to boundary of the churchyard; one Oak (T7 on plan) reduce lowest two branches by two metres back to boundary of the churchyard; one Sycamore (T8 on plan) fell; one Sequoia (T16 on plan) crown lift by two metres away from adjacent property

Received
16 November 2021
Ward
Clare, Hundon And Kedington
Agent
Maestro Tree Services
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St John The Baptist Church Ashen Lane Stoke By Clare Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 63 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Stoke-by-Clare conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Clare, Hundon And Kedington.

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

Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stoke-by-Clare

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2021
Consultation expiry
27 December 2021
Consultation start
3 December 2021
Consultation end
24 December 2021
Neighbour consultation end
27 December 2021
Target decision date
14 January 2022
Permission expires
18 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Maestro Tree Services
Agent address
13 Church Road Wickham St Pauls Halstead Essex CO9 2PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10381579
Documents
2
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Stoke-by-Clare
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

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.

Source: West Suffolk

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