Mead Cottage The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8DR
Approved on 12 October 2017
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - Re-pollard to previous pruning points 1 no. Horse Chestnut
- Received
- 22 August 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived22 Aug
- ValidatedValidated23 Aug
- Consult.Consultation12 Sep
- TargetTarget Date4 Oct
- DecidedDecided12 Oct
Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Mead Cottage The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8DR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 3 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 8DR
- Application type
- Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 August 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 12 September 2017
- Consultation start
- 22 August 2017
- Consultation end
- 12 September 2017
- Last date for comments
- 12 September 2017
- Target decision date
- 4 October 2017
- Permission expires
- 12 October 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Paddocks 9 Cherry Tree Close Yaxley Eye Suffolk IP23 8DH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Mellis
- 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.
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
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 May
Notification of works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce 1 No. Conifer (T1) back to boundary, Fell 1…
PendingNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/26/02137 - 201812 Oct
Application for Listed Building Consent - Demolition of rendered masonry extension and rebuilt in oak frame…
ApprovedListed building consentDC/18/04537 - 201320 May
Lime Tree reduction of 20%. Hawthorn reduction of 40%. Pollard of small Hawthorn. Prune 3 fruit trees.
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con Area1467/13 - 20036 May
NEW FIXED LIGHTS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL IN EAST ELEVATION.
ApprovedListed building consent0113/03/LB - 200325 Feb
Retention of garden store
ApprovedFull Planning Application0317/03
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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- Mead Cottage The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8DRDC/26/02137 · TreesAwaiting decision0.0 mi
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- Mead Cottage The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8DRDC/18/04537 · HeritageApproved0.0 mi
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