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5 Guildhall Cottages High Street Laxfield Suffolk IP13 8DU

DC/21/05922Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 26 November 2021

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area: Pollarding of 1no Indian Bean tree in rear garden, 1no Apple Tree in rear garden, and 1no Apple Tree in front garden

Received
28 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Stradbroke & Laxfield
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Guildhall Cottages High Street Laxfield Suffolk IP13 8DU. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Laxfield conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Stradbroke & Laxfield. We hold 1,031 applications in total for the IP13 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
IP13 8DU
Application type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Laxfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2021
Consultation expiry
19 November 2021
Consultation start
29 October 2021
Consultation end
19 November 2021
Last date for comments
19 November 2021
Target decision date
10 December 2021
Permission expires
26 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Castle Farm Badingham Suffolk IP13 3NF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
3

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: Laxfield
  • Listed building: Grade II: Guildhall CottagesOn or next to this site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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