The Woodlands Finningham Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3BQ

DC/23/05502Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 5 January 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 6 No. Leylandii (G01), Fell 30 No. Leylandii (G02) and Fell 20 No. Leylandii (G03)

Received: 27 November 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Walsham-le-Willows

ReceivedReceived27 Nov
ValidatedValidated28 Nov
Consult.Consultation19 Dec
TargetTarget Date9 Jan
DecidedDecided5 Jan

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Woodlands Finningham Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3BQ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Walsham le Willows conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Walsham-le-Willows. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: IP31 3BQ
Application type: Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Walsham Le Willows

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 November 2023
Consultation expiry: 19 December 2023
Consultation start: 28 November 2023
Consultation end: 19 December 2023
Last date for comments: 19 December 2023
Target decision date: 9 January 2024
Permission expires: 5 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 17 Rosebery Avenue London EC1R 4SP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12634739
Documents: 5
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Walsham le Willows
Listed building: Grade II: The WoodlandsOn this site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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