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17 High Street Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QL

DC/23/04310Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 23 October 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area- Cut back overhanging branches on 1 No. Plum (T1), Remove 1 broken branch from 1 No. Ash (T2), prune and reshape 1 No. Plum (T3), 1 No. Pear (T4) and 1 No. apple (T5) by approx 1-1.5m all round. Fell 1 No. Plum (T6). Reduce and reshape 1 No. Hawthorn (T7) by approx 2m all round. Fell 1 No. Conifer (T8). Reduce and reshape 1 No. Cherry (T9) by approx 2m all round. Reduce and reshape 1 No. Ash (T10) by 2m all round to last position. Reduce and reshape 1 No. Cherry (T11) by approx 4m all round. Fell 1 No. Spruce (T12). Fell 1No. Cherry (T13).

Received
14 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Debenham
Agent
D.M Tree and Landscape Contractors Ltd
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 High Street Debenham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6QL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Debenham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Debenham. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the IP14 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
IP14 6QL
Application type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Debenham

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Agent
D.M Tree and Landscape Contractors Ltd
Agent address
103 Folly Road Mildenhall Bury St Edmunds IP28 7BT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12457360
Documents
4
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Debenham
  • Listed building: Grade II: The RecessOn this site · +3 more

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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