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The Priory The Street Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1BU

DC/25/04639Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - T3 Beech tree reduce overall crown by up to 3m where needed. Remove dead wood and broken limbs, very early loss of leaves in crown, die back of lateral and vertical limbs after inspection. T2 - Robinia tree reduce laterals now pushing against the property by up to 3m - lightly prune remaining limbs to retain shape T1 - Weeping Ash tree - work already permitted.

Received
19 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Rickinghall
Agent
Countryside Conservation and Tree Services
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Priory The Street Botesdale Diss Suffolk IP22 1BU. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Botesdale conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Rickinghall. We hold 1,538 applications in total for the IP22 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
IP22 1BU
Application type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025
Consultation expiry
10 November 2025
Consultation start
20 October 2025
Consultation end
10 November 2025
Last date for comments
10 November 2025
Target decision date
1 December 2025
Permission expires
14 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Countryside Conservation and Tree Services
Agent address
8 Laurel Close Thurston Bury St Edmunds IP31 3NZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14421880
Documents
4
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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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