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Pipistrelle Way Great Whelnetham Suffolk

DC/22/1298/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 August 2022

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one Oak (T1) crown reduction by approximately 1.5 metres, crown lift by 2 metres above ground level; thin crown by 10 percent

Received
21 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horringer
Agent
CGM Group
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Aug
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Pipistrelle Way Great Whelnetham Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Sicklesmere conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Horringer.

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
Great And Little Whelnetham

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2022
Consultation expiry
15 August 2022
Consultation start
25 July 2022
Consultation end
15 August 2022
Neighbour consultation end
15 August 2022
Target decision date
1 September 2022
Permission expires
16 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
CGM Group
Agent address
CGM Group Reed House Karoo Close Bexwell Business Park Downham Market PE38 9GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11418727
Documents
6
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sicklesmere
  • 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

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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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Source: West Suffolk

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