Chapel Close Cratfield Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5QD
Approved on 31 July 2025
Council decision: Tree Preservation Order served
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Proposal
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - Silver Birch Tree, Full removal - and replanting of a new tree (Sappling from the original tree) a safe distance from the existing wall
- Received
- 21 May 2025
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Fressingfield
- Agent
- Encompass Environmental Ltd
- ReceivedReceived21 May
- ValidatedValidated22 May
- Consult.Consultation18 Jun
- TargetTarget Date3 Jul
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Chapel Close Cratfield Road Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5QD. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Fressingfield conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Fressingfield. We hold 673 applications in total for the IP21 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
- IP21 5QD
- Application type
- Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Fressingfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 June 2025
- Consultation start
- 22 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 31 July 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Encompass Environmental Ltd
- Agent address
- Cushion Farm Barn Laxfield Road Stradbroke Suffolk IP215JT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13998094
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Fressingfield
- 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.
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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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