Street Record Pipistrelle Way Great Whelnetham Suffolk IP30 0BF

DC/25/0336/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 April 2025

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one Wild Cherry (T3777 on plan) crown lift to 2.5 metres above ground level, one Wild Cherry (T3778 on plan) lateral crown reduction by 1.5 metres from building, one Wild Cherry (T3791 on plan) crown lift to 2.5 metres above ground level and lateral crown reduction by 1.5 metres clear of streetlight, one Thorn (T3801 on plan) crown lift to two metres above ground level over footpath, one Pear (T3802 on plan) remove basal growth

Received: 25 February 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Suffolk Council
Ward: Horringer
Agent: Gavin Jones Ltd

ReceivedReceived25 Feb
ValidatedValidated25 Feb
Consult.Consultation21 Mar
TargetTarget Date8 Apr
DecidedDecided2 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Street Record Pipistrelle Way Great Whelnetham Suffolk IP30 0BF. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Sicklesmere conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Horringer. We hold 1,122 applications in total for the IP30 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: IP30 0BF
Application type: Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Great And Little Whelnetham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 February 2025
Consultation expiry: 27 March 2025
Consultation start: 28 February 2025
Consultation end: 21 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 27 March 2025
Target decision date: 8 April 2025
Permission expires: 2 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Gavin Jones Ltd
Agent address: Reed House Karoo Close Bexwell Business Park Downham Market PE38 9GA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13806217
Documents: 4
Constraints: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Sicklesmere
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.

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4 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: West Suffolk

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