Planning application
Oakfields Vicarage Road Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8HP
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
TPO 17 (1991) tree preservation order - one lime (T2 on plan and order) crown lift up to four metres above ground level and pole-thin up to one third of regrowth stems from previous reduction points; one horse chestnut (T5 on plan and order) and one beech (T4 on plan and order) crown lift up to three metres above ground level, and prune back to suitable pruning points to provide up to 2.5 metres clearance from surrounding structures
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0489/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0489/TPO
- Type
- Works to TPO's
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve application
- Received
- 26 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 18 May 2026
- Ward
- Newmarket East
- Parish
- Newmarket Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- CB8 8HP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Mar 2026
Received by West Suffolk
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18 May 2026
Decision issued: Approve application
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Buildingcontrol: BR/92/0279 (Rejected)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
D.M Tree and Landscape Contractors Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Newmarket
Active · incorporated 2015 · Newmarket
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- DECISION - APPROVE TPO
- DELEGATED REPORT
- 10 OAKFIELD PLACE - COMMENTS
- TREE OFFICER COMMENTS
- TOWN COUNCIL COMMENT
- JOCKEY CLUB COMMENTS
- 10 OAKFIELD PLACE - COMMENTS
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- TREE LOCATION PLAN
- PHOTO
- PHOTO
- PHOTO
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West Suffolk granted permission on 18 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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.
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