Glebe House School Road Risby Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6RQ

DC/20/0723/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 June 2020

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - (i) 2no. Sycamore (T2 and T3 on plan) - fell (ii) 1no. and group of Horse Chesnuts (G1 on plan) - fell (iii) 1no. Horse Chestnut (T7 on plan) - crown lift to 4 metres above ground level along western side of crown only and reduce remaining lower lateral branch along western side of crown by 2 metres

Received: 4 May 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Suffolk Council
Ward: Risby

ReceivedReceived4 May
ValidatedValidated7 May
Consult.Consultation28 May
TargetTarget Date18 Jun
DecidedDecided18 Jun

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Glebe 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 45 days, 11 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Risby conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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: 7 May 2020
Consultation expiry: 28 May 2020
Consultation start: 7 May 2020
Consultation end: 28 May 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 28 May 2020
Target decision date: 18 June 2020
Permission expires: 18 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Arbor Acre Elms Rd Red Lodge Bury St Edmunds IP28 8TD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08691174
Documents: 12
Constraints: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Risby
Listed building: Grade I: Church of St GilesOn or next to this site
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.

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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: West Suffolk

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