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Water Tower West Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3LS

DC/24/0013/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 29 February 2024

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO 296(2000) - tree preservation order - one Lime (T1 on plan, T22 on order) remove basal epicormic growth and deadwood larger than 40 mm diameter; one Sycamore (T2 on plan, T21 on order) remove deadwood larger than 40 mm diameter; one Lime (T3 on plan, T20 on order) remove basal epicormic growth and deadwood larger than 40 mm diameter; one Beech (T7 on plan, T16 on order) remove deadwood larger than 40 mm diameter; one Lime (T8 on plan, T14 on order) remove deadwood larger than 40 mm diameter; one Lime (T9 on plan, T13 on order) reduce two limbs over neighbourbouring properties by 4-5 metres; one Ash (T13 on plan, T9 on order) remove one 2 metre stem; one Lime (T16 on plan, T6 on order) remove basal epicormic growth and deadwood larger than 40 mm diameter; one Sycamore (T17 on plan, T6 on order) remove deadwood larger than 40 mm diameter; one Lime (T19 on plan, T2 on order) remove basal epicormic growth and deadwood larger than 40 mm diameter; one Sycamore (T5 on plan, T18 on order) fell

Received
5 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Minden
Agent
Ground Control ltd 583902/583906
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target1 Mar
  5. Decided29 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Water Tower West Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3LS. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Minden. We hold 486 applications in total for the IP33 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
IP33 3LS
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bury St Edmunds Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2024
Consultation expiry
29 January 2024
Consultation start
8 January 2024
Consultation end
29 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
29 January 2024
Target decision date
1 March 2024
Permission expires
28 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ground Control ltd 583902/583906
Agent address
Kingfisher House Radford Way Billericay CM12 0EQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12709998
Documents
6
Constraints
22

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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