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Regal Lodge Swan Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7EN

DC/26/0105/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO 029(1959) tree preservation order - one horse chestnut fell, and one beech crown reduction by up to 3 metres all round (both marked on plan and within A1 on order)

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Exning
Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Regal Lodge Swan Lane Exning Suffolk CB8 7EN. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Exning conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Exning. 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 7EN
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Exning

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Consultation expiry
4 March 2026
Consultation start
11 February 2026
Consultation end
4 March 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026
Permission expires
2 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
7 Heath Road Swaffham Prior Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14647640
Documents
6
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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