Corders House Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH
Proposal
Application for works to a tree in a Conservation Area - Initially crown reduce 1No Sweet Chestnut tree (Castanea sativa) by 30-40% and gradually fell in stages to prevent damage to a Grade 2 listed building.
- Received
- 23 May 2024
- Decided
- 21 June 2024 · Raise No Objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Ward
- Brett Vale
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- ReceivedSubmitted23 May
- ValidatedValidated23 May
- Consult.Consultation13 Jun
- TargetTarget Date4 Jul
- DecidedDecided21 Jun
Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)
This is a tree application at Corders House Polstead Hill Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 29 days. This one was decided in 29 days. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Brett Vale. We hold 2,496 applications in total for the CO6 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
13 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202630 Sep
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/01850
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/04248 - 202611 Aug
Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement of First Floor Rear Window
ApprovedListed building consentDC/26/03428 - 20267 May
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/04470
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/01940 - 202630 Apr
Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement of external cement render panels with lime render and…
ApprovedListed building consentDC/26/01850 - 202530 Dec
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/04470
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/05625 - 20258 Oct
Application for Listed Building Consent - Internal alterations to the ground floor lean-to and kitchen, and…
ApprovedListed building consentDC/25/04470 - 202011 Jun
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1 No Goat Willow
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/20/02321 - 201922 Jul
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - (T1) Conifer - Fell.
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/19/03526 - 20177 Nov
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area- Pollard to previous points 1 no. Sweet Chestnut…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/17/05613 - 201618 Feb
Application for listed building consent - Removal of cement render and metal lath covering timber frame of…
ApprovedListed building consentB/16/00222 - 201424 Apr
Removal of 2 No. Leylandii, Removal of branches of 1 No. chestnut, removal of 1 No. spruce, pruning of 2 No…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaB/14/00534 - 200327 Mar
Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement of roof rafters prior to re-roofing.
ApprovedListed building consentB//03/00541 - 20027 Oct
Reduction of two leylandii by 10ft and reduction of branches overhanging roof and cart sheds of one no. sweet…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaB//02/01660
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Polstead
- National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale
- 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 (19)
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, 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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