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4 Friends Field Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5LH

DC/24/05135Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 20 December 2024

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 - (T1) Alder Tree reduce to previous pollard points

Received
23 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bures St Mary & Nayland
Agent
Blake Tree Care Limited
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Friends Field Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5LH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Bures St Mary conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 165 applications in total for the CO8 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
CO8 5LH
Application type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bures St Mary

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2024
Consultation expiry
16 December 2024
Consultation start
25 November 2024
Consultation end
16 December 2024
Last date for comments
16 December 2024
Target decision date
6 January 2025
Permission expires
20 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Blake Tree Care Limited
Agent address
Orchard Lodge Dowling Road Mount Bures Bures CO8 5AY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13587422
Documents
4
Constraints
8

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: Bures St Mary
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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