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Mulberry Farm The Green Risby Suffolk IP28 6QR

DC/23/1336/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 September 2023

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - a. three Willow (G1) re-pollard to previous points; b. one Alder (T1) cut back overhang over driveway; c. one Sycamore (T2) reduce lateral spread by two metres; d. one Mulberry (T3) crown reduction by two metres; e. one Ash (T4) crown lift to four metres above ground level and reduce lateral spread over neighbours by 1.5 metres; f. one Laurel (T5) reduce in height to four metres above ground level; g. one Laurel (T6) trim back to clear roof by 60cm; h. one Dogwood (T7) reduce to boundary line by 20 cm

Received
15 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Risby
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Mulberry Farm The Green Risby Suffolk IP28 6QR. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Risby conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Risby. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the IP28 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
IP28 6QR
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Risby

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2023
Consultation expiry
12 September 2023
Consultation start
21 August 2023
Consultation end
12 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
12 September 2023
Target decision date
2 October 2023
Permission expires
29 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
SP Landscapes and Tree Contractors
Agent address
Arbor Acre Elms Road Red Lodge Bury St Edmunds IP28 8TD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12389390
Documents
16
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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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