Planning application
18 South Road Beccles Suffolk NR34 9NN
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
1no. Sycamore (marked T1 on submitted plan) - Coppice to 1m from ground level 1no. Yew (marked T2 on submitted plan) - Coppice to 1m from ground level
As published by the council, reference DC/26/3043/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/3043/TCA
- Type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 27 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Beccles And Worlingham
- Parish
- Beccles
- Postcode
- NR34 9NN
Comment by 24 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on East Suffolk's portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Suffolk register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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DC/26/1184/TCA Awaiting decision
18 South Road Beccles Suffolk NR34 9NN
1no. Holly (T1 on submitted plan) - Reduce by 0.5m 1no. Thuja (T2 on submitted plan) - Reduce overhanging limbs back to the boundary 2no. Sycamore (T3 & T4 on submitted plan) - Re-pollard
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Aug 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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2 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Suffolk took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with East Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Suffolk decided tree works applications in a median of 40 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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18 South Road Beccles Suffolk NR34 9NN
100% historically approved · decision due ~26 May
1no. Holly (T1 on submitted plan) - Reduce by 0.5m 1no. Thuja (T2 on submitted plan) - Reduce overhanging limbs back to the boundary 2no. Sycamore (T3 & T4 on submitted plan) - Re-pollard
Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs -
21 Waveney Road Beccles Suffolk NR34 9NW
100% historically approved · decision due ~4 Aug
1no. Thuja (marked T1 on submitted plan) - Fell 1no. Lawson Cypress (marked T2 on submitted plan) - Fell
Awaiting decision Trees 4 docs -
15 Waveney Road Beccles Suffolk NR34 9NW
92% historically approved · decision due ~29 Apr
Replacement of five windows to front elevation
Awaiting decision Full applications Windows or glazing 9 docs -
Melford House 24 Waveney Road Beccles Suffolk NR34 9NW
92% historically approved · decision due ~21 Oct
Certificate of Lawful use (Proposed) - single-storey rear extension to an existing dwellinghouse. The property is in lawful use as a single private dwellinghouse (Use Class C3). The existing building was lawfully constructed and occupied as a dwellinghouse and benefits from planning permission/permitted development
Awaiting decision Lawful development Extension 4 docsSmall domestic -
9 Upper Grange Road Beccles Suffolk NR34 9NU
1no. Group of Hazel (marked 6 on plan) - Coppice
Granted Trees 4 docs -
10 Waveney Road Beccles Suffolk NR34 9NW
92% historically approved · decision due ~11 Sep
Certificate of Lawful Use (Proposed) - Garden room. This will be to the rear left of the garden as you look from the front of the house. It is 6870mm wide, 3150mm deep an 2465mm high. It will be used as an office/bar. No new access is required. Ground screws will be used for the base.
Awaiting decision Lawful development 3 docs
Other tree works applications
In East Suffolk
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DC/26/2473/TCA Granted
17 Martello Place Golf Road Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 7NB
1no. Beech (marked T1 on plan) - Fell
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DC/26/2278/TPO Granted
Seagers Barn 10B Market Hill Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 4LU
TPO/190/2-25 - T1 1no. Horse Chestnut (T1 on submitted plan) - Raise crown to 4m from ground level, Reduce crown to previous pruning points
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DC/26/3044/TPO Awaiting decision
35 Fallowfields Oulton Suffolk NR32 4WQ
1no. Group of Trees and hedge (marked T1 on submitted plan) - Prune overhanging branches back to the boundary 1no. Oak (marked T2 on submitted plan)- Reduce overhanging branches back to the boundary
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DC/26/3048/TCA Awaiting decision
Part Land Adjacent 8 The Sycamores Halesworth Suffolk
T3 - Sycamore - Prune to provide 2m clearance of the adjacent building. 1no. Sycamore (marked T3 on submitted plan) - Prune to provide 2m clearance from adjacent building 4no. Sycamore (marked T16-T19 on submitted plan) - Re-coppice 1no. Mixed Group (marked G20 on submitted plan) - Coppice 1no. Sycamore (marked T22 on submitted plan) - sever Ivy to 2m, remove all basal epicormic growth 1no. Ash (marked T24 on submitted plan) - Sever Ivy to 2m, prune to clear light splay 1no. Sycamore (marked T25 on submitted plan) - Prune to provide 2m clearance from adjacent building
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DC/26/3042/TCA Awaiting decision
The Garages 54 Northgate Beccles Suffolk NR34 9AU
1no. Ash (marked T1 on submitted plan) - Reduce whole crown by 3m 1no. Dead Tree (marked T2 on submitted plan) - Fell