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St Johns Church St Johns Street Beck Row Suffolk IP28 8AA

DC/26/0181/TPOWorks to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 26 March 2026

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

TPO/008(2016) tree preservation order - three Irish Yew Trees (T1, T2, T3 on plan, T5, T6, T7 on order) reduce by .5 metres

Received
6 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Rows
Agent
The Joshua Tree (Suffolk) Ltd
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Johns Church St Johns Street Beck Row Suffolk IP28 8AA. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across The Rows. We hold 1,144 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 8AA
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Beck Row, Holywell Row & Kenny Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Consultation start
12 February 2026
Consultation end
5 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 March 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026
Permission expires
26 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Joshua Tree (Suffolk) Ltd
Agent address
Half Acre Lodge Half Acre Drove Kenny Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Halliday
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14681786
Documents
4
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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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