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Swan Lane Business Park Swan Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7FN

DC/24/1077/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 September 2024

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - three Sycamore (indicated on plan) crown lift to five metres above ground level; 14 Pear (indicated on plan) prune to allow two metres clearance from roof; one Cherry (indicated on plan) and one Elder (indicated on plan) fell

Received
9 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Exning
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Swan Lane Business Park Swan Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7FN. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Exning conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Exning. 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 7FN
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Exning

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2024
Consultation expiry
7 September 2024
Consultation start
16 August 2024
Consultation end
7 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
7 September 2024
Target decision date
20 September 2024
Permission expires
18 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cheffins
Agent address
Cheffins Flat 14 Easterns Place 31 Station Road Sudbury CO10 2FA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13291053
Documents
8
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • 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

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© 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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