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1 Rectory Grove Whepstead Suffolk IP29 4TP

DC/25/1979/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 January 2026

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one Crab Apple (T1 on plan), one Norway Spruce (T5 on plan), two Laburnum (T6 and T14 on plan), one Lilac (T7 on plan), one Viburnum (T8 on plan), one Western Red Cedar (T9 on plan) one Yew (T10 on plan), one Hawthorn (T13 on plan), one Stags Horn Sumach (T15 on plan), one English Elm (T17 on plan), six Leyland Cypress (G18 and G19 on plan) fell

Received
15 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whepstead And Wickhambrook
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Jan
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Rectory Grove Whepstead Suffolk IP29 4TP. 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 Whepstead conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Whepstead And Wickhambrook. We hold 1,033 applications in total for the IP29 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
IP29 4TP
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whepstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025
Consultation expiry
16 January 2026
Consultation start
15 December 2025
Consultation end
16 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
8 January 2026
Target decision date
26 January 2026
Permission expires
20 January 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14563451
Documents
6
Constraints
7

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: Whepstead
  • 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

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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