Land Rear Of Welham House School Road Risby Suffolk

DC/22/0049/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 March 2022

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one Ash (T023 on plan) Prune branches to provide one metre clearance of utility cables

Received: 12 January 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Suffolk Council
Ward: Risby

ReceivedReceived12 Jan
ValidatedValidated12 Jan
Consult.Consultation3 Feb
TargetTarget Date23 Feb
DecidedDecided1 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Rear Of Welham House School Road Risby Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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: 12 January 2022
Consultation expiry: 4 February 2022
Consultation start: 13 January 2022
Consultation end: 3 February 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 4 February 2022
Target decision date: 23 February 2022
Permission expires: 1 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-10540203
Documents: 6
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.

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.

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© 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.

Source: West Suffolk

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