The Drift Fornham St Martin Suffolk
Approved on 17 September 2024
Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
TPO 290(1973) - Tree preservation order - one Sycamore (T1 on plan, A4 on order) reduce road side back by 2 metres to clear cables; two Oak (T2,T3 on plan, A4 on order) give 1 metre clearance of cables; one Oak (T5 on plan, A4 order) remove lower limb that is growing into cable; one Hornbeam (T8 on plan, A4 on order) 1 metre clearance of cables - all final cut placements to be made at a suitable point in accordance with BS 3998
- Received
- 3 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- The Fornhams And Great Barton
- Agent
- Leon brown Arb-agri contracting Ltd
- ReceivedReceived3 Jul
- ValidatedValidated22 Jul
- Consult.Consultation12 Aug
- TargetTarget Date16 Sep
- DecidedDecided17 Sep
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Drift Fornham St Martin Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across The Fornhams And Great Barton.
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
- Application type
- Works to TPO's
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 13 August 2024
- Consultation start
- 22 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 12 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 16 September 2024
- Permission expires
- 17 September 2026
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 IP312PY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13208061
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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