The Coldens Ingham Road West Stow Suffolk IP28 6EX
Approved on 7 January 2026
Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Walnut (T1 on plan) crown lift to 3 metres above ground level over the front garden; prune to give one metre clearance from garage; selectively reduce longer limbs in upper crown on the southern (garden) aspect, reducing in length by up to two metres; two Holly (T1 and T2) reduce in height to 3 metres, leaving with rounded tops
- Received
- 3 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Risby
- ReceivedReceived3 Dec
- ValidatedValidated3 Dec
- Consult.Consultation27 Dec
- TargetTarget Date14 Jan
- DecidedDecided7 Jan
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Coldens Ingham Road West Stow Suffolk IP28 6EX. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the West Stow and Culford Park conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6EX
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Culford, West Stow & Wordwell
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 4 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 27 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 7 January 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Urban Forestry
- Agent address
- The Old Sawmill Ampton Lane Ingham Bury St Edmunds IP31 1NS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14539177
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: West Stow and Culford Park
- 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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Source: West Suffolk
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