Line Of Hybrid Lime Trees Along Sunnyside, Mellis Common

DC/20/00269Tree Preservation Order - Works RelatedApproved

Approved on 28 February 2020

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area and Protected by Preservation Order (MS09/G1) - T1-4 Lime Trees - Fell

Received: 22 January 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Gislingham

ReceivedReceived22 Jan
ValidatedValidated23 Jan
Consult.Consultation12 Feb
TargetTarget Date5 Mar
DecidedDecided28 Feb

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Line Of Hybrid Lime Trees Along Sunnyside, Mellis Common. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham.

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: Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 January 2020
Consultation expiry: 12 February 2020
Consultation start: 22 January 2020
Consultation end: 12 February 2020
Last date for comments: 12 February 2020
Target decision date: 5 March 2020
Permission expires: 28 February 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08442542
Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 5

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: 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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© 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.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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