18 Westgate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 1QG
Approved on 26 February 2025
Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in Conservation Area Notification - one Acacia (as indicated on plan) reduce back to previous reduction points and balance crown
- Received
- 7 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Abbeygate
- Agent
- Green Scene Tree Surgery Ltd
- ReceivedReceived7 Jan
- ValidatedValidated7 Jan
- Consult.Consultation28 Jan
- TargetTarget Date18 Feb
- DecidedDecided26 Feb
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 18 Westgate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 1QG. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury St Edmunds Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Abbeygate. We hold 485 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 1QG
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bury St Edmunds Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 January 2025
- Consultation start
- 7 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 28 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 February 2025
- Permission expires
- 26 February 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Green Scene Tree Surgery Ltd
- Agent address
- 4-5 New Barn New Road Barrow Bury St Edmunds IP29 5DB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13677955
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Bury St Edmunds Town Centre
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.
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Source: West Suffolk
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