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17 Northgate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1HP

DC/24/1084/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 September 2024

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one Himalayan Birch (T2 on plan) remove lowest lateral branch on the eastern aspect and carry out additional pruning to crown lift to three metres above ground level, one Himalayan Birch (T3 on plan) remove lowest lateral branch on the southern aspect (the branch overhanging the adjacent viburnum to the south), one Whitebeam (T4 on plan) prune one metre clearance from the Physocarpus growing beneath the tree, one Holm Oak (T5 on plan) crown lift to two metres above ground level, one Holly (T7 on plan) crown reduction in height by three metres and pruning to leave the upper crown with domed/rounded profile, one Willow (T8 on plan) balance crown by selectively shortening longer branches by up to 1.5 metres and crown lift over footpath to two metres above ground level, one Olive (T9 on plan) crown reduce by selectively shortening longer, extended branches, shortening these by up to 1.5 metres, one Pittosporum (T10 on plan) overall crown reduction shortening branches in length by no more than one metre

Received
31 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eastgate
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided27 Sep

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 Northgate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1HP. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in the Bury St Edmunds Town Centre conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Eastgate. 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 1HP
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bury St Edmunds Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2024
Consultation expiry
26 September 2024
Consultation start
2 September 2024
Consultation end
23 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
26 September 2024
Target decision date
11 September 2024
Permission expires
27 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Urban Forestry
Agent address
Urban Forestry The Old Sawmill Ampton Lane Ingham Bury St Edmunds IP31 1NS

Planning decision

Case officer
Daniel Gospel
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13294802
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bury St Edmunds Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Durley HouseOn this site
  • 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 (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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