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The Gate House School Road Risby Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6RQ

DC/19/2412/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 28 January 2020

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - 1no. Silver birch (T1 on plan) reduce branch overhanging garden by up to 5 metres

Received
10 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Risby
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Gate House School Road Risby Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6RQ. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker 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 45 applications across Risby. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the IP28 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
IP28 6RQ
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Risby

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2019
Consultation expiry
9 January 2020
Consultation start
19 December 2019
Consultation end
9 January 2020
Neighbour consultation end
9 January 2020
Target decision date
29 January 2020
Permission expires
28 January 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: RisbyPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Gate HouseOn this site · +1 more
  • 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    21 Jul

    Trees in a conservation area notification - one yew (T2 on plan) overall crown reduction by one metre, and…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaDC/25/1150/TCA
  2. 2023
    24 Aug

    Non material amendment to DC/23/0930/HH

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentNMA(A)/23/0930
  3. 2023
    13 Jun

    Application for listed building consent - a. Alterations to existing carport including additional log store…

    WithdrawnListed building consentDC/23/0931/LB
  4. 2023
    13 Jun

    Householder planning application - a. Alterations to existing carport including additional log store b. oak…

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/23/0930/HH
  5. 2023
    26 May

    Application for listed building consent - a. alterations to existing garage/carport to increase internal…

    ApprovedListed building consentDC/23/0838/LB
  6. 2022
    3 Feb

    Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Sycamore (T1 on plan) two Silver birch (T2 and T3 on plan)…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaDC/22/0196/TCA

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