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1-2 Rectory Cottage The Drift Fornham St Martin IP31 1SU

DC/20/1667/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 11 December 2020

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO290(1973) - Tree preservation order - One Walnut (marked on plan and T9 on order) - overall crown reduction by up to 2 metres and crown raise to 5.4 metres over track and drive, 3 metres over garden, and to clear Leyland Cypress hedge by 1 metre

Received
30 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Fornhams And Great Barton
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1-2 Rectory Cottage The Drift Fornham St Martin IP31 1SU. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1SU
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2020
Consultation expiry
4 December 2020
Consultation start
13 November 2020
Consultation end
4 December 2020
Neighbour consultation end
4 December 2020
Target decision date
1 December 2020
Permission expires
11 December 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09113028
Documents
7
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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Source: West Suffolk

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