Melbrook Hall Street Long Melford Suffolk CO10 9JQ

DC/21/02468Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 21 May 2021

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for works to a tree in a Conservation Area - Fell 1No (T1) Yew Tree, leaning on boundary walls down to root growth and access to drive limited due to stem getting larger.

Received: 26 April 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Long Melford
Agent: Branch Management Tree Services

ReceivedReceived26 Apr
ValidatedValidated26 Apr
Consult.Consultation19 May
TargetTarget Date7 Jun
DecidedDecided21 May

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Melbrook Hall Street Long Melford Suffolk CO10 9JQ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Long Melford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Long Melford. We hold 3,165 applications in total for the CO10 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: CO10 9JQ
Application type: Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Long Melford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 April 2021
Consultation expiry: 19 May 2021
Consultation start: 26 April 2021
Consultation end: 19 May 2021
Last date for comments: 19 May 2021
Target decision date: 7 June 2021
Permission expires: 21 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Branch Management Tree Services
Agent address: 11 Westgate Street Long Melford CO10 9DS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09777941
Documents: 7
Constraints: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Long Melford
Listed building: Grade II: Red House and Cocoanut HouseOn this site · +3 more
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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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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