Oakwood House Pokeriage Gardens Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3TS
Approved on 6 March 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
Application for works to trees subject to a Tree Prservation Order MS81/A3 - Prune the overhanging branches back to the boundary line by use of tripod ladder and polesaw / pole loppers to a height of 12m approximately as they have been pruned before. reason: To reduce risk of branch failures over and toward the property during adverse weather conditions.
- Received
- 3 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Thurston
- Agent
- Eastwood Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived3 Feb
- ValidatedValidated4 Feb
- Consult.Consultation25 Feb
- TargetTarget Date18 Mar
- DecidedDecided6 Mar
Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Oakwood House Pokeriage Gardens Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3TS. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Thurston. 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 3TS
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order - Works Related
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Thurston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 25 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 4 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 25 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 25 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 March 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Eastwood Tree Services
- Agent address
- Valley Lodge Valley Farm Blacksmiths Lane Coddenham IP6 9TX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14675229
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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