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Sunningdale Windmill Hill Exning Suffolk CB8 7LD

DC/26/0549/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 May 2026

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one plum (marked T1 on plan) overall crown reduction by one metres, remove secondary leaders from around base of tree and reduce lateral spread to give one metre clearance over road, one maple (marked T2 on plan) crown lift to three metres above ground level and reduce lateral spread by 0.5 metres over roadside, one conifer (marked T3 on plan) fell, one maple (marked T4 on plan) reduce lateral spread by 1.5 metres over neighbouring property, one whitebeam (marked T5 on plan) reduce lateral spread by 0.5 metres over neighbouring property

Received
2 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Exning
Agent
SP Landscapes & Tree Contractors LTD
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sunningdale Windmill Hill Exning Suffolk CB8 7LD. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Exning conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 7LD
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Exning

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2026
Consultation expiry
29 April 2026
Consultation start
8 April 2026
Consultation end
29 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
29 April 2026
Target decision date
20 May 2026
Permission expires
18 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
SP Landscapes & Tree Contractors LTD
Agent address
Arboracre Elms Road Red Lodge Bury St. Edmunds IP28 8TD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14832241
Documents
11
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Exning
  • 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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