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The Old Rectory Church Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7HF

DC/25/0898/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 July 2025

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one yew (T1 on plan) fell

Received
29 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Exning
Agent
Stevenson Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.19 Jun
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Church Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7HF. 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, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 7HF
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Exning

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2025
Consultation expiry
19 June 2025
Consultation start
29 May 2025
Consultation end
19 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 June 2025
Target decision date
10 July 2025
Permission expires
9 July 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stevenson Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
Stevenson Tree Services Ltd 50 Owl Barn Pymoor Lane Ely CB6 2EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14055349
Documents
4
Constraints
18

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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