Metfield Stores The Street Metfield Harleston Suffolk IP20 0LB
Approved on 19 August 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 - Ash - reduce upper canopy by approx. 2m. Reduce lateral branches to north by approx. 3m (inline with boundary), lateral branches to the west, south and east to be reduced by approx. 2m. T2 -crown raise tree to achieve 3m clearance from ground level.
- Received
- 19 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Fressingfield
- Agent
- Thomas Mabbutt Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived19 Jul
- ValidatedValidated23 Jul
- Consult.Consultation19 Aug
- TargetTarget Date3 Sep
- DecidedDecided19 Aug
Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Metfield Stores The Street Metfield Harleston Suffolk IP20 0LB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Metfield conservation area, with 4 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 339 applications in total for the IP20 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
- IP20 0LB
- Application type
- Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Metfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 29 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 19 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 19 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 19 August 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Thomas Mabbutt Tree Services
- Agent address
- 1 Belsey Bridge Road Ditchingham NR35 2DZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Metfield
- 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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