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1 Park Gates Ampton Bury St. Edmunds IP311NZ

SE/08/1492Works to TPO'sApproved

Approved on 9 December 2008

Council decision: Approve application

Proposal

TPO242(1997)2 - Tree Preservation Order Application Horse Chestnut (T1) - Shorten large hazard beam over roof of 1 Park Gates by 20-25%.

Received
24 October 2008
Ward
Pakenham & Troston
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Park Gates Ampton Bury St. Edmunds IP311NZ. West Suffolk has handled 1,375 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Ampton conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Pakenham & Troston. 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 1NZ
Application type
Works to TPO's
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ampton, Little Livermere & Timworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2008
Consultation expiry
12 November 2008
Consultation start
27 October 2008
Consultation end
12 November 2008
Target decision date
18 December 2008
Permission expires
8 December 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Urban Forestry The Old Sawmill Ingham Bury St. Edmunds IP311NS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Ampton
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1, Park GatesOn 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.

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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