Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

White Lodge St Edmunds Lane Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5JJ

Granted Mid Suffolk DC/21/00586 Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Application for works to tree/s in a Conservation Area - Conifers (G1) - Reduce formal hedge by 1.5m Conifers (G2) - Fell multiple conifers to allow Beech hedge to thrive Horse Chestnut - Fell, poor specimen; Judas x2 (T2 & T3) - Fell to stop debris falling in to pool Holly (G3) - reduce height to match existing formal hedge Silver Birch x5 (T4-T5-T6-T7-T8) - reduce in height by 2-3m to suitable growth points, remove deadwood and crown lift to 4m Conifer (T9) - reduce height by 4m to open view Sycamore (G4) - Fell multi-stemmed selfset trees to open view Beech (T10) - Fell. Large basal stem cavity with exposed heartwood. High target occupancy Hawthorn (G5) - remove section of group that has encroached garden. Reduce remaining trees to 3m to create formal boundary hedge.

As published by the council, reference DC/21/00586

Application record

Reference
DC/21/00586
Type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Raise No Objection
Received
31 Jan 2021
Validated
1 Feb 2021
Decided
26 Feb 2021
Ward
Bures St Mary & Nayland
Parish
Bures St Mary
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CO8 5JJ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 Jan 2021

    Received by Mid Suffolk

  2. 1 Feb 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Feb 2021

    Decision issued: Raise No Objection

  4. 21 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Richard Fordham Tree Surgeons Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Mount Bures

Active · incorporated 2018 · Mount Bures

13 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 100% granted

Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.

See their track record

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

Mid Suffolk granted permission on 26 February 2021, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About tree works applications

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • White Lodge St Edmunds Lane Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5JJ

    DC/21/00586 Submitted 31 Jan 2021 50 yards away

    Application for works to tree/s in a Conservation Area - Conifers (G1) - Reduce formal hedge by 1.5m Conifers (G2) - Fell multiple conifers to allow Beech hedge to thrive Horse Chestnut - Fell, poor specimen; Judas x2 (T2 & T3) - Fell to stop debris falling in to pool Holly (G3) - reduce height to match existing formal hedge Silver Birch x5 (T4-T5-T6-T7-T8) - reduce in height by 2-3m to suitable growth points, remove deadwood and crown lift to 4m Conifer (T9) - reduce height by 4m to open view Sycamore (G4) - Fell multi-stemmed selfset trees to open view Beech (T10) - Fell. Large basal stem cavity with exposed heartwood. High target occupancy Hawthorn (G5) - remove section of group that has encroached garden. Reduce remaining trees to 3m to create formal boundary hedge.

    Granted Trees 4 docs
  • Cemetery Cuckoo Hill Bures St Mary Suffolk

    DC/25/04716 Submitted 23 Oct 2025 50 yards away

    Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - T10 Holm Oak, Remove major dead wood greater than 50mm diameter or 1000mm in length T11 Scots Pine, Remove major dead wood greater than 50mm diameter or 1000mm in length T23 Oak Tree, Sever Ivy at base of tree removing a 30cm strip taking care not to damage the cambium of the tree, Remove major dead wood greater than 50mm diameter or 1000mm in length T24 Maple Tree, Remove major dead wood greater than 50mm diameter or 1000mm in length T28 Oak Tree, Remove major dead wood greater than 50mm diameter or 1000mm in length G12, Elm, Holly Hawthorn Trees, Reduce to hedge height G15, Yew Western Red Cedar Holm Oak Euonymus, Sever Ivy at base of tree removing a 30cm strip taking care not to damage the cambium of the tree G31, Tree/s, ever Ivy at base of tree removing a 30cm strip taking care not to damage the cambium of the tree.

    Granted Trees 4 docs
  • Cemetery Cuckoo Hill Bures St Mary Suffolk

    DC/25/04716 Submitted 23 Oct 2025 50 yards away

    Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - T10 Holm Oak, Remove major dead wood greater than 50mm diameter or 1000mm in length T11 Scots Pine, Remove major dead wood greater than 50mm diameter or 1000mm in length T23 Oak Tree, Sever Ivy at base of tree removing a 30cm strip taking care not to damage the cambium of the tree, Remove major dead wood greater than 50mm diameter or 1000mm in length T24 Maple Tree, Remove major dead wood greater than 50mm diameter or 1000mm in length T28 Oak Tree, Remove major dead wood greater than 50mm diameter or 1000mm in length G12, Elm, Holly Hawthorn Trees, Reduce to hedge height G15, Yew Western Red Cedar Holm Oak Euonymus, Sever Ivy at base of tree removing a 30cm strip taking care not to damage the cambium of the tree G31, Tree/s, ever Ivy at base of tree removing a 30cm strip taking care not to damage the cambium of the tree.

    Granted Trees 4 docs
  • The Old Workshop 9 Cuckoo Hill Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5JH

    DC/26/01988 Submitted 11 May 2026 100 yards away

    Full Planning Application - Erection of cartlodge style storage building in relation to existing garden furniture business.

    Granted Full applications 15 docs
  • The Old Workshop 9 Cuckoo Hill Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5JH

    DC/26/01988 Submitted 11 May 2026 100 yards away

    Full Planning Application - Erection of cartlodge style storage building in relation to existing garden furniture business.

    Granted Full applications 15 docs
  • Workshop Land Rear Of Almshouses Cuckoo Hill Bures St Mary Suffolk

    DC/25/03946 Submitted 4 Sep 2025 100 yards away

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/01537 - Condition 3 (Construction Method Statement)

    Granted Conditions 6 docs

In Mid Suffolk

  • DC/26/04378 Awaiting decision

    Folly House The Folly Haughley Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 3NS

    Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce crown of 1 No. Robinia Pseudoacaia (T1) by reducing selected over extended, end weighted branches by approximately 2 meters to appropriate growth points. Canopy raise by approximately 4-5 meters only on the folly house garden side. Reduce 1 No. Pear (T2) by 3m

    Received 8 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Trees
  • DC/26/04348 Awaiting decision

    5 Old Rectory Gardens Occold Eye Suffolk IP23 7PD

    Application for Works to Trees Subject to Tree Preservation Order MS11/A1 - T1 Lime tree to re-reduce back to previous growth points. T2 and T3 Lime trees to be reduced by approximately 30 per cent as too big for area.

    Received 7 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Trees
  • DC/26/04347 Awaiting decision

    29A Castle Street Eye Suffolk IP23 7AW

    Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce 1 No. Acacia (T1) approximately 50%. Remove leaning stem from 1 No. Acacia (T2)

    Received 7 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Trees
  • DC/26/04301 Awaiting decision

    3 Cedars Close Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3QS

    Application for Works to Trees in a Conservation Area MS84/A1 - Reduce the canopy of 1 No. Oak (T1) by around 3-4 meter. Pollard 1 No. Ash (T2)

    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Trees
  • DC/26/04291 Awaiting decision

    22 Priory Lane Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QD

    Notification of works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce crown of 1 No. Horse Chestnut to 4.5m

    Received 2 Oct, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Trees