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Longfield High Street Hopton Suffolk IP22 2QX

DC/26/0179/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 23 March 2026

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO 417(2005) tree preservation order - one horse chestnut (marked T1 on plan and order) crown lift up to 3.5 metres above ground level, pruning secondary and tertiary branch structure only. Cut back to suitable pruning points to provide up to 1.5 metres clearance from surrounding structures

Received
6 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barningham
Agent
The Tree Amigos Diss Ltd
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Longfield High Street Hopton Suffolk IP22 2QX. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Hopton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Barningham. We hold 1,540 applications in total for the IP22 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
IP22 2QX
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hopton Cum Knettishall

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Consultation start
10 February 2026
Consultation end
3 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 March 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026
Permission expires
23 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Tree Amigos Diss Ltd
Agent address
2 Williamson Close Diss IP22 4DW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14681392
Documents
3
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hopton
  • 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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