The Forge Barn The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB
Approved on 5 July 2018
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of works to Trees in a Conservation Area - (T1) Macrocarpa - Fell, (T2) Yew - Reduce by approx 30%
- Received
- 8 June 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived8 Jun
- ValidatedValidated8 Jun
- Consult.Consultation29 Jun
- TargetTarget Date20 Jul
- DecidedDecided5 Jul
Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Forge Barn The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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
- 8 June 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 29 June 2018
- Consultation start
- 8 June 2018
- Consultation end
- 29 June 2018
- Last date for comments
- 29 June 2018
- Target decision date
- 20 July 2018
- Permission expires
- 5 July 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 9 Cherry Tree Close Yaxley Eye 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 (21)
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, 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
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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