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White House Farm The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB

DC/17/02826Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 12 July 2017

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area: Remove leaning stem and raise canopy to 3m on 1 no. Yew Tree (T9), Remove young stems, raise crown canopy to 2m and reduce overhanging canopy on 1 no. Horse Chestnut (T10), Section fell to ground level 1 no. Horse Chestnut (T11), Reduce canopy by 2m on 1 no. Yew (T12), Reduce canopy by 2m on 1 no. Ash (T13), Section fell to ground level 1 no. Cyprus (T14), Reduce low branches by 3m on 1 no. Sycamore (T16), Remove lowest branch to main stem and reduce low branches by 3m on 1 no. Ash tree (T17), Section fell to ground level 1 no. Leylandii (T1), Fell 1 no. Elder and reduce low branches on 1 no. Yew (both T2), Reduce mid to low canopy by 3m on 2 no. Ash trees (T3 & T4), Raise lower canopy by 3m on 1 no. Horse Chestnut (T5), Raise lower canopy by 3m 1 no. Ash tree (T6), Fell to ground level 1 no. young Sycamore (T7), Coppice to leave stumps 1 no. Two Goat Willow (T8) and Fell to ground level 1 no. Conifer (T10).

Received
31 May 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gislingham
Agent
DM Professional Tree Services
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Jul
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at White House Farm The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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
1 June 2017
Target decision date
13 July 2017
Permission expires
12 July 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
DM Professional Tree Services
Agent address
20 Earlsford Road Mellis Eye IP23 8DY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06115081
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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