White Cottage Broom Hill Lane Fakenham Magna Suffolk IP24 2QY
Approved on 26 February 2026
Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Ash (T1 on plan) remove lowest stem over garden orientated to the west, two Hawthorn (within G1 on plan) coppice to ground level, one Privet hedge (H1 on plan) cut back to previous pruning points, one Lilac hedge (H2 on plan) remove long elongated branches by up to two metres, one multi stemmed Willow (T2 on plan) re-coppice, one Oak (T3 on plan) remove largest dead limbs only, within falling distance of the garden and trackway only
- Received
- 25 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Bardwell
- Agent
- Urban Forestry (BSE) Ltd
- ReceivedReceived25 Jan
- ValidatedValidated25 Jan
- Consult.Consultation23 Feb
- TargetTarget Date8 Mar
- DecidedDecided26 Feb
Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at White Cottage Broom Hill Lane Fakenham Magna Suffolk IP24 2QY. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Fakenham Magna conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Bardwell. We hold 292 applications in total for the IP24 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
- IP24 2QY
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Fakenham Magna
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 26 February 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Urban Forestry (BSE) Ltd
- Agent address
- The Old Sawmill Ampton Lane Ingham Bury St Edmunds IP311NS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14650233
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Fakenham Magna
- 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, 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.
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Source: West Suffolk
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