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Linden House Elms Road Freckenham Suffolk IP28 8JG

DC/23/2079/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 January 2024

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - two Limes (T14 and T15 on plan) raise crown to three metres above ground level; one Sycamore (T16 on plan) reduce five Southwest side laterals by 1.5 metres to balance crown, remove epicormic growth up to five metres from ground level

Received
20 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Manor
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.15 Jan
  4. Target31 Jan
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Linden House Elms Road Freckenham Suffolk IP28 8JG. 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 Freckenham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Manor. We hold 1,142 applications in total for the IP28 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
IP28 8JG
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Freckenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2023
Consultation expiry
15 January 2024
Consultation start
22 December 2023
Consultation end
15 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
15 January 2024
Target decision date
31 January 2024
Permission expires
31 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
A1 Trees
Agent address
Unit 7 The Brickworks, Old Stowmarket Road Woolpit IP30 9QS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12692148
Documents
5
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: FreckenhamPart of the site
  • 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.

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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