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The Gables 21 Church Street Exning CB8 7EH

DC/21/2470/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 February 2022

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Maple (T1 on plan) re-pollard at seven metres above ground level b. one Yew (T2 on plan) reduce two lateral branches growing towards the neighbours shed by up to three metres and one growing over the elderberry by one metre

Received
20 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Exning
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target31 Jan
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Gables 21 Church Street Exning CB8 7EH. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Exning conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 7EH
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Exning

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2021
Consultation expiry
11 January 2022
Consultation start
21 December 2021
Consultation end
11 January 2022
Neighbour consultation end
11 January 2022
Target decision date
31 January 2022
Permission expires
1 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
SP Landscapes & Tree Contractors
Agent address
Arbor Acre, Elms Rd, Red Lodge Bury St Edmunds IP28 8TD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10493419
Documents
7
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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