Greenacre Mill Street Polstead Colchester CO6 5AD
Approved on 23 July 2015
Council decision: Permission not requiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Fell 1 no. alder tree and replace with 3 no. silver birches
- Received
- 7 July 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Lower Brett
- ReceivedReceived7 Jul
- ValidatedValidated7 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date4 Aug
- DecidedDecided23 Jul
Decided in 16 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Greenacre Mill Street Polstead Colchester CO6 5AD. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 5 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 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
- CO6 5AD
- Application type
- Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Polstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 July 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 12 August 2015
- Consultation start
- 22 July 2015
- Target decision date
- 4 August 2015
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 12 August 2015
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Polstead
- National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale
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, listed buildings, 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202326 Jul
Application for works to a tree in a Conservation Area - Fell 1No English Oak tree (T1) and treat stump with…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/23/03513 - 202328 Mar
Application for works to a trees in a Conservation Area - Re-pollard 2No Willow trees (T1 & T2) back to…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/23/01496 - 20065 Apr
Pollarding of 1 No. Weeping Willow tree.
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaB/06/00622 - 200521 Jun
Reduction of 3 No. Scots Pine trees to 3 metres.
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaB/05/01104
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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