Walnut Tree Cottage Lower Street Higham Colchester CO7 6JZ
Approved on 6 June 2016
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Corkscrew willow (T1) - Reduction of height by 2m, thin and reduce overhanging branches and remove deadwood.
- Received
- 6 May 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Lower Brett
- ReceivedReceived6 May
- ValidatedValidated7 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date4 Jun
- DecidedDecided6 Jun
Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Walnut Tree Cottage Lower Street Higham Colchester CO7 6JZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Higham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 2,584 applications in total for the CO7 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
- CO7 6JZ
- Application type
- Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Higham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 May 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 1 June 2016
- Consultation start
- 11 May 2016
- Target decision date
- 4 June 2016
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 1 June 2016
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Higham
- 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 (19)
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, 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
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201718 Aug
Householder application - Erection of a single storey side extension and internal alterations
ApprovedHouseholderDC/17/04275 - 201718 Aug
Listed Building Consent - Erection of a single storey side extension & internal alterations
ApprovedListed building consentDC/17/04276 - 20173 Apr
Erection of single storey side extension.
ApprovedHouseholderB/17/00920 - 20173 Apr
Application for Listed Building Consent- Erection of single storey side extension and internal alterations
ApprovedListed building consentB/17/00921 - 200525 Feb
Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of two-storey rear extension; internal alterations.
ApprovedListed building consentB/05/00369 - 200525 Feb
Erection of two-storey rear extension. As amended by Flood Risk Assessment received on 10/03/2005.
ApprovedHouseholderB/05/00368
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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