Chalk Farm Thetford Road Fakenham Magna Suffolk IP24 2QX
Approved on 7 July 2025
Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in a conservation area notification - one silver birch (marked on plan) overall crown reduction by 3.5 metres, two crack willows (marked on plan) fell
- Received
- 9 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Bardwell
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated11 Jun
- Consult.Consultation3 Jul
- TargetTarget Date23 Jul
- DecidedDecided7 Jul
Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Chalk Farm Thetford Road Fakenham Magna Suffolk IP24 2QX. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Fakenham Magna conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Bardwell. We hold 292 applications in total for the IP24 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
- IP24 2QX
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Fakenham Magna
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 12 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 3 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 July 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- S.Cs Trees & Scapes
- Agent address
- S.Cs Trees & Scapes 1 South Lodge Drive Fornham St Genevieve Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6TQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14081501
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Fakenham Magna
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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: West Suffolk
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