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West Suffolk Hospital, Tree At Hardwick Lane Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2QZ

DC/26/0291/TPOWorks to TPO'sAwaiting decision

Proposal

TPO 257(1998) tree preservation order - one Cedar (Z1T7 on plan and within area A1 on order) remove dangerous branches on upper canopy on eastern aspect and one Scots Pine (Z6T1 on plan and within area A1 on order) fell and TPO 028(1960) tree preservation order - one Cedar (Z5T9 on plan and within area A1 on order) remove dangerous limbs/branches 15metres from ground level on western side canopy and one Cedar (Z5T15 on plan and within area A1 on order) remove dangerous imb/branches 15 metres from ground level on western side canopy

Received
24 February 2026
Decision due
21 April 2026
Ward
Southgate
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 26 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (5)

About this application

This is a tree application at West Suffolk Hospital, Tree At Hardwick Lane Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2QZ. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Southgate. 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 2QZ
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bury St Edmunds Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
5 April 2026
Consultation start
5 March 2026
Consultation end
26 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
A1 Trees
Agent address
A1 Trees Unit 7 The Brickworks Old Stowmarket Road Woolpit IP30 9QS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14729581
Documents
5
Constraints
13

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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