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Ash Tree Farm The Common Mellis Eye IP23 8EB

2352/07Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 17 September 2007

Council decision: Raise No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell 2 ash trees and 1 field maple tree.

Received
7 August 2007
Ward
Gislingham
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.5 Sep
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ash Tree Farm The Common Mellis Eye IP23 8EB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham. We hold 1,281 applications in total for the IP23 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP23 8EB
Application type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2007
Consultation expiry
5 September 2007
Consultation start
15 August 2007
Consultation end
5 September 2007
Last date for comments
5 September 2007
Target decision date
2 October 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: MellisPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Ash Tree Farm HouseOn this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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

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© 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.

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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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