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Open Space Culford Road Fornham St Martin Suffolk

DC/20/1458/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 5 November 2020

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

TPO 164 (1971) tree preservation order - (i) 7no. Lime (T1, T4, T7, T8, T9, T12, T26 on plan, G3 on order) - fell (ii) 2no. Lime (T2, T3 on plan, G3 on order) - reduce height canopy by 2.5 metres and lift canopy to 3 metres and 5.2 metres over road (iii) 12 no. Lime (T10, T11, T14, T15, T16, T17, T18, T19, T20, T22, T25, T27) - reduce height canopy by 2.5 metres and lift canopy to 3 metres and 5.2 metres over road (iv) 1no. Lime (T13 on plan, G3 on order) - reduce height canopy by 2 metres and lift canopy to 3 metres and 5.2 metres over road (v) 1no. Lime (T21 on plan, G3 on order) - reduce height canopy by 3 metres and lift canopy to 3 metres and 5.2 metres over road (vi) 1no. Lime (T23 on plan, G3 on order) - reduce height canopy by 5 - 6 metres and lift canopy to 3 metres and 5.2 metres over road (iv) 1no. Lime (T24 on plan, G3 on order) - reduce height canopy by 3 metres and lift canopy to 3 metres and 5.2 metres over road

Received
1 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Fornhams And Great Barton
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Open Space Culford Road Fornham St Martin Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across The Fornhams And Great Barton.

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

Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2020
Consultation expiry
7 October 2020
Consultation start
15 September 2020
Consultation end
6 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
7 October 2020
Target decision date
10 November 2020
Permission expires
5 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Leon Brown Arb-agri contracting
Agent address
2 Queach Farm Cottages Great Barton Bury St Edmunds IP31 2PY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09028420
Documents
8
Constraints
17

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. 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.

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: West Suffolk

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