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Driftwood Welham Lane Risby Suffolk IP28 6QS

DC/23/1460/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 October 2023

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notificiation - Group of laurel - fell

Received
5 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Risby
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Driftwood Welham Lane Risby Suffolk IP28 6QS. 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, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Risby. We hold 1,142 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 6QS
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Risby

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 September 2023
Consultation expiry
4 October 2023
Consultation start
12 September 2023
Consultation end
3 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 October 2023
Target decision date
19 October 2023
Permission expires
17 October 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12433843
Documents
4
Constraints
9

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.

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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