15 Highfield, House Bury Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7BX
Approved on 8 July 2024
Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in a conservation area notification - two Sycamore (area marked in red) fell; group of Shrubs (area marked in red) crown reduction in height by two metres
- Received
- 24 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Newmarket East
- Agent
- The Joshua Tree (Suffolk) Ltd
- ReceivedReceived24 May
- ValidatedValidated24 May
- Consult.Consultation24 Jun
- TargetTarget Date5 Jul
- DecidedDecided8 Jul
Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 15 Highfield, House Bury Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7BX. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Newmarket conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Newmarket East. We hold 1,572 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 7BX
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Newmarket Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 24 June 2024
- Consultation start
- 3 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 24 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 5 July 2024
- Permission expires
- 8 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The Joshua Tree (Suffolk) Ltd
- Agent address
- The Joshua Tree (Suffolk) Ltd Half Acre Lodge Kenny Hill IP28 8DT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13096813
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Newmarket
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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