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17 Laywood Close Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7JD

DC/25/1508/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 4 December 2025

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO 003(1950) tree preservation order - one sycamore (T001 on plan, within A1 on order) crown reduction of up to 2.5 metres on eastern aspect

Received
24 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Moreton Hall
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 Laywood Close Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7JD. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Moreton Hall. We hold 117 applications in total for the IP32 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
IP32 7JD
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bury St Edmunds Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Consultation expiry
24 November 2025
Consultation start
10 November 2025
Consultation end
24 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 October 2025
Target decision date
19 November 2025
Permission expires
4 December 2027

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Halliday
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14356577
Documents
8
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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