Land Opposite The Old Post Office Water Lane Polstead

B/15/01679Tree Preservation Order - Works RelatedApproved

Approved on 22 January 2016

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Reduce height of 1 no. common lime tree and 1 no. beech tree by up to 5m, fell leaning 1 no. oak tree protected by Tree Preservation Order WS11/A4

Received: 8 December 2015
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Lower Brett

ReceivedReceived8 Dec
ValidatedValidated8 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date19 Jan
DecidedDecided22 Jan

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Opposite The Old Post Office Water Lane Polstead. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Polstead conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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: Tree Preservation Order - Works Related
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Polstead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 December 2015
Consultation expiry: 8 January 2016
Consultation start: 18 December 2015
Target decision date: 19 January 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Site notice end: 8 January 2016

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Polstead
National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale
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, 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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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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