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Carvalho House Borley Green Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9RR

DC/26/00889Tree Preservation Order - Works RelatedApproved

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Proposal

Application for works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order MS305- Group of 7 mature oak trees, 1. Reduce crown to previous pruning points, maintaining natural shape and balanced form, in line with good arboricultural practice.2. Crown thinning by up to 30% of overal leaf area to reduce density, wind loading and shading while retaining the main framework of branches. 3. Selective removal of branches overhanging the dwelling, garden and adjoining neighbour?s property. 4. General crown maintenance, including removal of dead, dying, diseased, crossing and rubbing branches.

Received
3 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Elmswell & Woolpit
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Carvalho House Borley Green Woolpit Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9RR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 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 50 applications across Elmswell & Woolpit. We hold 1,122 applications in total for the IP30 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
IP30 9RR
Application type
Tree Preservation Order - Works Related
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolpit

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Consultation start
4 March 2026
Consultation end
25 March 2026
Last date for comments
25 March 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026
Permission expires
2 April 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14749687
Documents
5
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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