The Old Forge Polstead Green Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AL
Approved on 11 August 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - Cherry tree of approx 15m high to be reduce by approx 30% all round for a final high of approx 12m high. Apple tree in a hedge row of approx 10m high to be reduce by approx 30% all round for a final high of approx 7m high. Several holly trees in a hedge row of approx 7m to be reduce by 50%. a Ash tree, an Acer and a Lime tree of approx 3m high to be reduce by approx 30% all round to previous cut and thin by approx 40%.
- Received
- 14 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Brett Vale
- ReceivedReceived14 Jul
- ValidatedValidated14 Jul
- Consult.Consultation4 Aug
- TargetTarget Date25 Aug
- DecidedDecided11 Aug
Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Forge Polstead Green Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Brett Vale. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 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
- CO6 5AL
- Application type
- Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Polstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 14 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 4 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 August 2025
- Permission expires
- 11 August 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202523 Jan
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce 2No Sycamore trees to approx 4m from the top…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/25/00317 - 20176 Nov
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - Re-pollard 1 No. Horse Chestnut Tree
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/17/05567
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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