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St Margarets Church Church Lane Whatfield Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6QR

DC/23/04154Tree Preservation Order - Works RelatedApproved

Approved on 29 September 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for Works to Trees subject to Tree Preservation Order WS335/G2 - Raise crown of 1No. Ash (T1) by 2m, Remove two limbs of 1 No. Ash (T2)

Received
5 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South East Cosford
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target17 Oct
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Margarets Church Church Lane Whatfield Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6QR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across South East Cosford. We hold 480 applications in total for the IP7 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
IP7 6QR
Application type
Tree Preservation Order - Works Related
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whatfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2023
Consultation expiry
26 September 2023
Consultation start
5 September 2023
Consultation end
26 September 2023
Last date for comments
26 September 2023
Target decision date
17 October 2023
Permission expires
29 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bedfold House 43 Benton Street Hadleigh Suffolk IP7 6AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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