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Garden To The Old Forge The Common Mellis

3129/06Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 12 January 2007

Council decision: Raise No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1. Large Ash Tree near House - Remove one trunk and keep new growth trimmed. Canopy reduce remaining trunk by 60% and reshape.2. Large Ash in hedgeline - Canopy reduce by 60% and reshape.3. Sycamore in same hedgeline - Remove. Trim new growth as hedge.4. Ash in front of barn - Pollard.5. Ash between house and barn - Remove.6. Ash by water - Canopy reduce by 50% and reshape.

Received
5 December 2006
Ward
Gislingham
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Garden To The Old Forge The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham.

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

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2006
Consultation expiry
1 January 2007
Consultation start
11 December 2006
Consultation end
1 January 2007
Last date for comments
1 January 2007
Target decision date
30 January 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
1 January 2007

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mellis
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old ForgeOn 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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    10 Mar

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05185

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/01030
  2. 2025
    25 Nov

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement of removed cementitious render with horizontal timber…

    ApprovedListed building consentDC/25/05185
  3. 2025
    7 Oct

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/04585

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/04446
  4. 2025
    12 Mar

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/04585

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/01134
  5. 2024
    15 Oct

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement of cracked and damaged cement render with lime render

    ApprovedListed building consentDC/24/04585
  6. 2023
    17 Apr

    Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1No. Ash (T2) to near ground level and treat…

    ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/23/01815

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