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The Priory High Street Ixworth Suffolk IP31 2HT

DC/25/1872/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 13 January 2026

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO 045 (1964) tree preservation order - 11 Yews (group B indicated in orange on plan within Area A1 on order) overall crown reduction of up to three metres, crown lift to 3 metres above ground level and crown thin by 15 percent; 3 Yews (group C indicated in yellow on plan within Area A1 on order) overall crown reduction of up to three metres and crown thin by 15 percent.

Received
23 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ixworth
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.28 Dec
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Priory High Street Ixworth Suffolk IP31 2HT. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Ixworth conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Ixworth. We hold 1,716 applications in total for the IP31 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
IP31 2HT
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ixworth & Ixworth Thorpe

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2025
Consultation expiry
28 December 2025
Consultation start
5 December 2025
Consultation end
28 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 December 2025
Target decision date
18 January 2026
Permission expires
13 January 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14511226
Documents
10
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Ixworth
  • Listed building: Grade II: The PrioryOn this site · +5 more

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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