4 Back Street Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9HF
Approved on 21 May 2024
Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Oak (T1 on plan) - remove lowest branch extending over 49 The Yews
- Received
- 18 April 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Lakenheath
- Agent
- Wickens Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived18 Apr
- ValidatedValidated18 Apr
- Consult.Consultation17 May
- TargetTarget Date30 May
- DecidedDecided21 May
Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 4 Back Street Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9HF. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Lakenheath conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Lakenheath. We hold 151 applications in total for the IP27 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
- IP27 9HF
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lakenheath
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 April 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 17 May 2024
- Consultation start
- 25 April 2024
- Consultation end
- 17 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 30 May 2024
- Permission expires
- 21 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Wickens Tree Services
- Agent address
- Wickens Tree Services 3C Lilac Drive Lakenheath Brandon IP27 9DX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12991774
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lakenheath
- 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.
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Source: West Suffolk
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