The Priory High Street Ixworth Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 2HT
Approved on 9 January 2026
Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in a conservation area notification - 15 Yews (indicated on plan in red) overall crown reduction by up to three metres and crown thin by 15 per cent
- Received
- 5 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Ixworth
- ReceivedReceived5 Dec
- ValidatedValidated5 Dec
- Consult.Consultation28 Dec
- TargetTarget Date16 Jan
- DecidedDecided9 Jan
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Priory High Street Ixworth Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 2HT. 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 Ixworth conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Ixworth. We hold 1,715 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 trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ixworth & Ixworth Thorpe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 28 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 9 January 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Ixworth
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.
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Source: West Suffolk
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