River Cottage The Street Pakenham Suffolk IP31 2JU
Approved on 31 October 2025
Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Beech (T1 on plan) and one Walnut (T2 on plan) reduce branches overhanging boundary on eastern aspect by up to two metres
- Received
- 23 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Pakenham & Troston
- ReceivedReceived23 Sep
- ValidatedValidated23 Sep
- Consult.Consultation17 Oct
- TargetTarget Date4 Nov
- DecidedDecided31 Oct
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at River Cottage The Street Pakenham Suffolk IP31 2JU. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Pakenham conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Pakenham & Troston. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 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
- IP31 2JU
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Pakenham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 26 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 4 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 31 October 2027
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Nathan McGeachie
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14354139
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Pakenham
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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