Gridleys Spicers Lane Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9JJ
Approved on 5 September 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notifcation of works to trees within a Conservation Area - T1 - Sycamore tree - Fell
- Received
- 4 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Long Melford
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated8 Aug
- Consult.Consultation29 Aug
- TargetTarget Date19 Sep
- DecidedDecided5 Sep
Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Gridleys Spicers Lane Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9JJ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Long Melford conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Long Melford. We hold 3,165 applications in total for the CO10 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
- CO10 9JJ
- Application type
- Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Long Melford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 29 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 8 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 29 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 29 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 19 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 5 September 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14229710
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Long Melford
- 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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20235 Sep
Application for works to a tree in a Conservation Area - Fell to ground 1No Ash Tree as too large for…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/23/04160 - 20226 Jul
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/21/02791
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/22/03429 - 20202 Sep
Notification for works to trees in a Conservation Area - 1no Copper Beech, 1no Silver Birch, 1no Varnish tree…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/20/03766 - 201614 Nov
Reduce Copper Beech (T1) by up to 30%; Reduce and thin Birch (T2) on one side to balance and reduce Honey…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaB/16/01546
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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