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25 Exeter Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8AR

DC/26/0054/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO 04(1989) and TPO 04(1992) tree preservation order - one silver birch (marked T4 on plan and T1 on order) and one horse chestnut (marked T6 on plan and T4 on order) fell, one lime (marked T3 on plan and T4 on order) re-pollard to 4.5 metres above ground level, one yew (marked T1 on plan and T5 on order) crown lift to 4.5 metre above ground level, one horse chestnut (marked T7 on plan and T5 on order) reduce crown by up to 2 metres, one yew (marked T2 on plan and T6 on order) reduce crown by up to 1.5 metres and cut back to suitable pruning points to provide up to 0.5m of clearance from the phone lines.

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newmarket East
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target10 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 25 Exeter Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8AR. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Newmarket conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Newmarket East. We hold 1,572 applications in total for the CB8 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
CB8 8AR
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newmarket Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026
Consultation expiry
24 February 2026
Consultation start
3 February 2026
Consultation end
4 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 February 2026
Target decision date
10 March 2026
Committee meeting
24 March 2026
Permission expires
27 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bright Green Environmental
Agent address
Skerraton Lodge Milburn Drove Moulton CB8 8QW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14619686
Documents
11
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Newmarket
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Newmarket

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

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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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    13 Jan

    TPO 04(1989) and TPO 04(1992) tree preservation order - one silver birch (marked T4 on plan and T1 on order)…

    This applicationApprovedTreesDC/26/0054/TPO
  2. 2026
    9 Jan

    Trees in a conservation area notification - two viburnum (marked S8 and S9 on plan) fell

    ApprovedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaFiled alongsideDC/26/0031/TCA

Source: West Suffolk

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