Street Record Welham Lane Risby Suffolk

DC/20/1721/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 November 2020

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - 1no. Weeping Willow (T019 on plan) pollard at 10 metres

Received: 7 October 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Suffolk Council
Ward: Risby

ReceivedReceived7 Oct
ValidatedValidated7 Oct
Consult.Consultation29 Oct
TargetTarget Date18 Nov
DecidedDecided18 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Street Record Welham Lane Risby Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Risby conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Risby.

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 trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Risby

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 October 2020
Consultation expiry: 29 October 2020
Consultation start: 8 October 2020
Consultation end: 29 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 29 October 2020
Target decision date: 18 November 2020
Permission expires: 18 November 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09135128
Documents: 5
Constraints: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Risby
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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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2 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: West Suffolk

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