Greensleeves Hepworth Road Barningham Suffolk IP31 1BP

1. 18 Oct 2026

   Received by West Suffolk

2. 19 Oct 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 23 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 14 December 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.

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 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• Millers Yard, Beech House Hopton Road Barningham Suffolk IP31 1BU

  DC/25/1618/TPO Submitted 15 Oct 2025 350 yards away

  TPO 345(2002) tree preservation order - one beech (marked T3 on plan and order) prune to clear house by two metres, crown lift on the northeast aspect to five metres above ground level

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 13 Bishops Croft Barningham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1BZ

  DC/16/2335/TPO Submitted 19 Oct 2016 400 yards away

  TPO 345 (2002) - Tree Preservation Order - 1 no. Oak (T5 on plan) overall crown reduction by upto 40 %

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• DC/26/1620/TCA Awaiting decision

  Pakenham Lodge The Street Pakenham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 2JX

  Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Palm (T1) one Prunus (T8) one Ash (T12) fell b. three Beech (T9 T17 T18) two Lime (T6 T7) one Weeping Willow (T11) one Horse Chestnut (T13) and one Sycamore (T16) crown lift to three metres c. one Leyland (T5) reduce height by six metres d. one Lime (T4) right damaged stem pollarded to 5 meters in height, and overall crown reduction by up to 4.5 metres

  21 Oct 2026 Trees
• DC/26/1608/TCA Awaiting decision

  Autumn House 70 The Street Barton Mills Suffolk IP28 6AA

  Trees in a conservation area notification - one Oak (T1 on plan) fell

  Received 20 Oct, published by the council 22 Oct 2026 Trees
• DC/26/1609/TCA Awaiting decision

  Boyce House Sackville Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8DX

  Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Cedar (T1 on plan) fell b. one Lime (T2 on plan) pollard to six metres above ground level

  Received 20 Oct, published by the council 22 Oct 2026 Trees
• DC/26/1606/TCA Awaiting decision

  7A Market Hill Clare Suffolk CO10 8NN

  Trees in a conservation area notification - one Silver Birch (on plan) crown thin by 25 percent and crown reduction by two metres one Quince (on plan) prune two branches by removing up to half a metre

  Received 20 Oct, published by the council 23 Oct 2026 Trees
• DC/26/1601/TCA Awaiting decision

  Wellington Villa 3 Springfield Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3AN

  Trees in a conservation area notification - one Indian Bean Tree (marked on plan) overall crown reduction by five metres

  Received 19 Oct, published by the council 20 Oct 2026 Trees