Mulberry Barn Duke Street Stanton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 2AA

DC/26/0628/TCAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 May 2026

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Mulberry (T2 on plan) reduce lateral growth by up to seven metres and height by up to three metres to suitable pruning points b. one Willow (T3 on plan) pollard to four metres above ground level c. one Willow (T4 on plan) re pollard to previous pollarding points d. Sycamore group (T5 on plan) reduce height by up to eight metres

Received: 21 April 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Suffolk Council
Ward: Stanton
Agent: S.B Tree services

ReceivedReceived21 Apr
ValidatedValidated22 Apr
Consult.Consultation14 May
TargetTarget Date3 Jun
DecidedDecided29 May

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Mulberry Barn Duke Street Stanton Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 2AA. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Stanton conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Stanton. 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 2AA
Application type: Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Stanton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 15 May 2026
Consultation start: 22 April 2026
Consultation end: 14 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 15 May 2026
Target decision date: 3 June 2026
Permission expires: 29 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: S.B Tree services
Agent address: S.B Tree Services 1 Plains Ixworth Road Great Barton IP31 2PX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 18
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Stanton
Listed building: Grade II: Manor FarmhouseOn or next to this site
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 (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.

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Source: West Suffolk

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