Holly Lodge The Street Fornham St Martin Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1SW
Approved on 27 September 2017
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
TPO290(1973) - Tree Preservation Order - 1 no. Walnut tree (T26 on order) - Reduce lateral spread of two lower lateral scaffold limbs to south and south-east by up to 4 metres to appropriate pruning points. Reduce lateral crown spread to south-west (towards garage), by up to 2 metres, to appropriate pruning points. Reduce lateral crown spread to north-east (towards The Hollies), by 1.5 metres to appropriate pruning points. Crown raise to 5 metres above ground level. Prune away from telephone wire to provide 0.5 metre clearance from wire.
- Received
- 12 June 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- The Fornhams And Great Barton
- ReceivedReceived12 Jun
- ValidatedValidated28 Jul
- Consult.Consultation18 Aug
- TargetTarget Date22 Sep
- DecidedDecided27 Sep
Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Holly Lodge The Street Fornham St Martin Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1SW. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 7 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across The Fornhams And Great Barton. We hold 1,716 applications in total for the IP31 postcode area.
98% of trees applications at West Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- IP31 1SW
- Application type
- Works to TPO's
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 July 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 24 August 2017
- Consultation start
- 28 July 2017
- Consultation end
- 18 August 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 August 2017
- Target decision date
- 22 September 2017
- Permission expires
- 27 September 2019
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 August 2017
- Site notice end
- 24 August 2017
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 4
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. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Feb
TPO 290(1973) tree preservation order - one walnut (marked T001 on plan and T14 on order) reduce branches…
ApprovedWorks to TPO'sDC/26/0205/TPO - 20203 Jun
TPO 290 (1973) -Tree Preservation Order - 1no. Walnut (T1 on plan, T14 on Order) (i) crown reduce by up to 2…
ApprovedWorks to TPO'sDC/20/0899/TPO - 201830 May
Householder Planning Application - 1no garage
ApprovedHouseholderDC/18/1022/HH - 201412 Mar
Householder Prior Approval - Single storey rear extension which extends beyond the rear wall of the original…
ApprovedHouseholderDC/14/0443/HPA - 201329 Jul
Planning Application - Erection of side & rear extension as amplified by agents email sent 3 October 2013 and…
ApprovedHouseholderSE/13/0934/HH - 201318 Apr
TPO290(1973)9 - Tree Preservation Order ApplicationWalnut tree (T26 on Order) - Crown reduce by shortening…
ApprovedWorks to TPO'sSE/13/0560/TPO
Source: West Suffolk
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