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3 New River Green Exning Suffolk CB8 7HS

DC/23/1359/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 28 September 2023

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Bay (1 on plan) fell b. one Walnut (2 on plan) reduce extending branches by three metres back to the boundary c. one Apple (3 on plan) reduce height to that of the boundary wall d. one Sycamore (4 on plan) reduce extending branches by seven metres back to the boundary

Received
18 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Exning
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.13 Sep
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided28 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 New River Green Exning Suffolk CB8 7HS. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Exning conservation area. 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 7HS
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Exning

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2023
Consultation expiry
14 September 2023
Consultation start
22 August 2023
Consultation end
13 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
14 September 2023
Target decision date
29 September 2023
Permission expires
28 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12396879
Documents
5
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • 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.

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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