Southgate Croft 15 Beech Rise Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2QE

1. 1 Oct 2026

   Received by West Suffolk

2. 16 Oct 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 11 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   West Suffolk took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with West Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Suffolk decided tree works applications in a median of 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 2 Beech Rise Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2QE

  DC/26/0538/CLE Submitted 1 Apr 2026 50 yards away

  Application for lawful development certificate for existing use or development - existing 1.79 metre boundary fence

  Granted Lawful development 7 docs
  Small domestic

• 7 Southgate Green Bury St Edmunds IP33 2BL

  DC/19/2218/TCA Submitted 8 Nov 2019 100 yards away

  Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - 3no. Limes (indicated on plan with stars) crown raise to 3.5 metres above ground level

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• 81 Southgate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2BJ

  DC/26/0743/TCA Submitted 13 May 2026 100 yards away

  Trees in a conservation area notification - one cypress (marked T1 on plan) fell

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• The Gingerbread Cottage 1 Southgate Green Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2BL

  DC/24/1666/TCA Submitted 14 Nov 2024 100 yards away

  Trees in a conservation area notification - one Sycamore (T1 on plan) reduce height by 1.5 metres and reduce crown spread by one metre on all aspects

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• Street Record Sicklesmere Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

  DC/23/0192/TE1 Submitted 6 Feb 2023 100 yards away

  Determination in respect of Development by Telecommunications Code systems operators - installation of 18 metre pole including antennas, ground based apparatus and ancillary development

  Granted Telecoms 33 docs

• Copper Beech 18A Grindle Gardens Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2QG

  DC/26/0207/HPA Submitted 10 Feb 2026 150 yards away

  Householder prior approval - single storey rear extension which extends beyond the rear wall of the original house by eight metres with a maximum height of 3.35 metres and a height of 2.41 metres to the eaves

  Granted Prior approval Extension 9 docs
  Small domestic

• DC/26/1620/TCA Awaiting decision

  Pakenham Lodge The Street Pakenham Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 2JX

  Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Palm (T1) one Prunus (T8) one Ash (T12) fell b. three Beech (T9 T17 T18) two Lime (T6 T7) one Weeping Willow (T11) one Horse Chestnut (T13) and one Sycamore (T16) crown lift to three metres c. one Leyland (T5) reduce height by six metres d. one Lime (T4) right damaged stem pollarded to 5 meters in height, and overall crown reduction by up to 4.5 metres

  21 Oct 2026 Trees
• DC/26/1608/TCA Awaiting decision

  Autumn House 70 The Street Barton Mills Suffolk IP28 6AA

  Trees in a conservation area notification - one Oak (T1 on plan) fell

  Received 20 Oct, published by the council 22 Oct 2026 Trees
• DC/26/1609/TCA Awaiting decision

  Boyce House Sackville Street Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8DX

  Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Cedar (T1 on plan) fell b. one Lime (T2 on plan) pollard to six metres above ground level

  Received 20 Oct, published by the council 22 Oct 2026 Trees
• DC/26/1606/TCA Awaiting decision

  7A Market Hill Clare Suffolk CO10 8NN

  Trees in a conservation area notification - one Silver Birch (on plan) crown thin by 25 percent and crown reduction by two metres one Quince (on plan) prune two branches by removing up to half a metre

  Received 20 Oct, published by the council 23 Oct 2026 Trees
• DC/26/1601/TCA Awaiting decision

  Wellington Villa 3 Springfield Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3AN

  Trees in a conservation area notification - one Indian Bean Tree (marked on plan) overall crown reduction by five metres

  Received 19 Oct, published by the council 20 Oct 2026 Trees