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The Old Rectory Old Rectory Gardens Stanton Suffolk IP31 2BX

DC/23/0591/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 25 May 2023

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO 078 (1966) tree preservation order- a. 30 conifers (G1 on plan within A1 on order) height reduction by up to five metres b. 13 conifers (G3 on plan within A1 on order) height reduction to four metres above ground level c. 11 conifers (G2 on plan within A1 on order) fell d. one Cherry (T4 on plan within A1 on order) remove split out limb back to parent stem e. one Eucalyptus (T5 on plan within A1 on order) reduce back limbs to give clearance on BT cables

Received
13 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stanton
Agent
Leon brown Arb-agri contracting ltd
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.10 May
  4. Target8 Jun
  5. Decided25 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Old Rectory Gardens Stanton Suffolk IP31 2BX. 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. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Stanton. 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 2BX
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanton

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2023
Consultation expiry
11 May 2023
Consultation start
17 April 2023
Consultation end
10 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 May 2023
Target decision date
8 June 2023
Permission expires
25 May 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12087598
Documents
8
Constraints
11

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

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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