Gate House Cottage School Road Risby Suffolk IP28 6RQ

DC/25/1130/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 26 August 2025

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one holly (T1 on plan) crown lift to four metres above ground level, one robinia (T2 on plan) crown lift to five metres above ground level, and cut back to appropriate pruning points to provide up to two metres clearance from nearby structures, one yew (T3 on plan) crown lift to five metres above ground level

Received: 17 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Suffolk Council
Ward: Risby
Agent: Countryside Conservation and Tree Services

ReceivedReceived17 Jul
ValidatedValidated17 Jul
Consult.Consultation8 Aug
TargetTarget Date28 Aug
DecidedDecided26 Aug

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Gate House Cottage School Road Risby Suffolk IP28 6RQ. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Risby conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Risby. We hold 1,142 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: 17 July 2025
Consultation expiry: 8 August 2025
Consultation start: 18 July 2025
Consultation end: 8 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 8 August 2025
Target decision date: 28 August 2025
Permission expires: 26 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Countryside Conservation and Tree Services
Agent address: 8 Laurel Close Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14176116
Documents: 4
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Risby
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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: West Suffolk

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