West Glebe School Road Risby Suffolk IP28 6RQ

DC/25/0533/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 May 2025

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one Leylandii Cypress (T1 on plan) remove three lowest limbs of the tree and one Sycamore (T2 on plan) fell

Received: 27 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Suffolk Council
Ward: Risby

ReceivedReceived27 Mar
ValidatedValidated27 Mar
Consult.Consultation9 May
TargetTarget Date8 May
DecidedDecided8 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at West Glebe School Road Risby Suffolk IP28 6RQ. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Risby conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Risby. We hold 1,144 applications in total for the IP28 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: IP28 6RQ
Application type: Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Risby

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 March 2025
Consultation expiry: 9 May 2025
Consultation start: 15 April 2025
Consultation end: 9 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 26 April 2025
Target decision date: 8 May 2025
Permission expires: 8 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Rebecca Peace Arboriculture 37 Leicester Street Kettering NN16 8EG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13894940
Documents: 8
Constraints: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Risby
Listed building: Grade I: Church of St GilesOn or next to 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.

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