Planning application
8 Lidgate Road Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TJ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Sycamore (marked on plan) crown lift by 2.5 metres above ground level and overall crown reduction by three metres
As published by the council, reference DC/26/1253/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/1253/TCA
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 18 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 18 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Chedburgh And Chevington
- Parish
- Dalham
- Postcode
- CB8 8TJ
Comment by 16 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to West Suffolk through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2026
Received by West Suffolk
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21 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
West Suffolk took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Buildingcontrol: BR/91/0146 (Building Work Complete)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a tree-works contractor registered in Newmarket
32 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 100% granted
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See who's behind itDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- TREE LOCATION PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with West Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West 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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Sounds Cottage 12 Lidgate Road Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TJ
98% historically approved · decision due ~13 Oct
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Clare Cottage 16 Lidgate Road Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TJ
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The Coach House Denham Road Dalham Suffolk CB8 8UB
Trees in a conservation area notification - one leylandii (marked on plan) fell
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Beechbrook House Lidgate Road Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TH
Trees in a conservation area notification - one copper beech (marked on plan) overall crown reduction by up to three metres
Granted Trees 6 docs -
The Old Dairy Denham Road Dalham CB8 8UB
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - (i) 1 no. Plum (T1 on plan) - fell (ii) 1 no. Maple (T2 on plan) - overall crown reduce by up to 1 metre (iii) 1 no. Eucalyptus (T3 on plan) - overall crown reduce by up to 1 metre (iv) 1 no. Laburnum (T4 on plan) - fell (v) 1 no. Acer (T5 on plan) - crown reduction by up to 2 metres
Granted Trees 4 docs
Other tree works applications
In West Suffolk
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DC/26/1353/TCA Awaiting decision
Mulberry Lodge 31 Brookside Moulton Suffolk CB8 8SG
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Sycamore (T1 on plan) fell; one Beech (T1 on plan) - fell
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DC/26/1338/TCA Awaiting decision
Lodge Barn Cottage, Annexe The Green Fornham All Saints Suffolk IP28 6JX
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Plum (marked T1 on plan) overall reduction in height by two metres and shaped by reducing lateral limbs by one metre and one mixed species hedge (marked G1 on plan) overall reduction by one metre
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DC/26/1340/TCA Awaiting decision
15 The Street Barton Mills Suffolk IP28 6AW
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Western Red Cedar (marked on plan) fell
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DC/26/1335/TCA Awaiting decision
1 Dumpling Bridge Lane Lakenheath Suffolk IP27 9JU
Trees in a conservation area notification - two Cherry (marked on plan) overall reduction by up to two metres and crown thin by 30 percent
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DC/26/1329/TPO Awaiting decision
1 Beech Park Great Barton Suffolk IP31 2JL
TPO 341 (1973) tree preservation order - one Ash (T1 on plan, within area A1 on order) fell