Walnut Tree Cottage The Street Lidgate Suffolk CB8 9PP
Approved on 9 April 2026
Council decision: No objections
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Proposal
Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Walnut (T1 on plan), one Prunus (T3 on plan) and one Crab apple (T4 on plan) fell b. one Plum (T2 on plan) height reduction by two metres c. two Plum (T5 on plan) overall crown reduction by one metre
- Received
- 3 March 2026
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Chedburgh And Chevington
- Agent
- Shelford Tree Service Ltd
- ReceivedReceived3 Mar
- ValidatedValidated3 Mar
- Consult.Consultation25 Mar
- TargetTarget Date14 Apr
- DecidedDecided9 Apr
Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Walnut Tree Cottage The Street Lidgate Suffolk CB8 9PP. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Lidgate conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Chedburgh And Chevington. We hold 1,571 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 9PP
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lidgate
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 25 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Shelford Tree Service Ltd
- Agent address
- 15 Cambridge Road Newton Cambridge CB22 7PL
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Nathan McGeachie
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14750298
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Lidgate
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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