The Paddocks Walsham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JE
Approved on 3 October 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - The oak tree (T1) 1. Remove dead wood, including a large hung-up limb which is currently detached from the tree but not in danger of falling (in the tree surgeons opinion). 2. Raise the canopy by removing some of the lower branches that are hanging onto adjacent shrubs and garden outbuildings.
- Received
- 3 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Bacton
- ReceivedReceived3 Sep
- ValidatedValidated3 Sep
- Consult.Consultation24 Sep
- TargetTarget Date15 Oct
- DecidedDecided3 Oct
Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Paddocks Walsham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4JE. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Bacton. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the IP14 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
- IP14 4JE
- Application type
- Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Finningham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 24 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 3 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 24 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 15 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 3 October 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202612 Mar
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Works to a Sycamore to coppice the Sycamore.
WithdrawnNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/26/01087 - 201913 Mar
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 3no. Eucalyptus Trees.
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/19/01225
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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