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Coach Houses Marks Lane Santon Downham Suffolk IP27 0TL

DC/26/0235/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - seven trees of heaven (marked on plan) fell

Received
13 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brandon East
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Coach Houses Marks Lane Santon Downham Suffolk IP27 0TL. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Santon Downham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Brandon East. We hold 151 applications in total for the IP27 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
IP27 0TL
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Santon Downham

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
6 March 2026
Consultation start
13 February 2026
Consultation end
6 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
6 March 2026
Target decision date
27 March 2026
Permission expires
20 March 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14701832
Documents
4

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: Santon Downham
  • 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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