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7 Springfield Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3AN

DC/25/1885/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 December 2025

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - one Ash (T001 on plan) crown reduce stem to south by two metres to previous pruning points

Received
26 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tollgate
Agent
Elite Tree Services (EA) Ltd
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Springfield Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3AN. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Bury St Edmunds Victoria Street conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Tollgate. We hold 486 applications in total for the IP33 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
IP33 3AN
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bury St Edmunds Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Consultation expiry
19 December 2025
Consultation start
28 November 2025
Consultation end
19 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 December 2025
Target decision date
9 January 2026
Permission expires
23 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Elite Tree Services (EA) Ltd
Agent address
Elite Tree Services (EA) Ltd 306 Main Road Ipswich Suffolk IP5 2PS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14502211
Documents
6
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bury St Edmunds Victoria Street
  • 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.

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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