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Planting Beds Adj Clocktower Roundabout High Street Newmarket Suffolk

DC/25/1638/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one London Plane (T1 on plan) reduce crown all round by 3 metres to previous pollard point to contain size of tree

Received
16 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newmarket East
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Planting Beds Adj Clocktower Roundabout High Street Newmarket Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Newmarket conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Newmarket East.

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

Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newmarket Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2025
Consultation expiry
10 November 2025
Consultation start
20 October 2025
Consultation end
10 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
10 November 2025
Target decision date
27 November 2025
Permission expires
14 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
T H Tree Surgery
Agent address
48 High Street Soham CB7 5HE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14416868
Documents
5
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Newmarket
  • Heritage at Risk Register: 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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