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Lilley Barn Turnpike Hill Withersfield Suffolk CB9 7RY

DC/25/1733/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 December 2025

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Tulip (T1 on plan) overall crown reduction by up to two metres b. one Magnolia (T2 on plan) overall crown reduction by up to one metre c. one Honey locust (T3 on plan) fell

Received
3 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Withersfield
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lilley Barn Turnpike Hill Withersfield Suffolk CB9 7RY. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Withersfield conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Withersfield. We hold 370 applications in total for the CB9 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
CB9 7RY
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Withersfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2025
Consultation expiry
25 November 2025
Consultation start
4 November 2025
Consultation end
25 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 November 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025
Permission expires
9 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
TREEWORX
Agent address
34 Newbiggen Street Thaxted Dunmow CM6 2QR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14459585
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: WithersfieldPart of the site
  • 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 (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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© 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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