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Old Rectory The Street Great Livermere Suffolk IP31 1JH

DC/24/0200/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 28 March 2024

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO 348 (1973) tree preservation order - three Horse chestnuts (indicated on plan in area G3 on order) fell; one Horse chestnut (indicated on plan T3 on order) prune by up to three metres over dwelling and telephone lines

Received
5 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pakenham & Troston
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Rectory The Street Great Livermere Suffolk IP31 1JH. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Livermere conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Pakenham & Troston. 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 1JH
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Livermere

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2024
Consultation expiry
20 March 2024
Consultation start
15 February 2024
Consultation end
20 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
7 March 2024
Target decision date
1 April 2024
Permission expires
28 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
S.CS Trees and Scapes
Agent address
S.CS Trees And Scapes 1 South Lodge Drive Fornham St Genevieve Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6TQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12788463
Documents
15
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Livermere
  • 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

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© 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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