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The Old Hall Hall Road Chelsworth Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7HX

DC/25/04795Tree Preservation Order - Works RelatedApproved

Approved on 2 December 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Works to Trees Subject to a Tree Preservation Order - TPO WS23/A1- Application for Works to Trees Subject to a Tree Preservation Order - TPO WS23/A1- T1 Conifer - fell and replace with 1 no. Hazel. T2 Irish Yew - fell to allow space and light for adjacent atlas cedar. T4 Silver Birch - fell to allow better conditions for surrounding trees and grant clearer access to building works being carried out. T7 London Plane - crown lift up to 6m to allow clear space at bottom of the tree to allow view of river and nature reserve. Bottom lateral limbs on lefthand side to be reduced back to main stem to allow space, balance, stability and improved shape. T8 - 17 Yew - Cluster of yew trees - removal of the closest to brick wall as further growth may infringe foundations of wall and shade caused by yews also affecting health of surrounding chestnut and sycamore trees. T21 Alder - fell. T22 Ash - crown lift to up to 6-8m.

Received
28 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South East Cosford
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Hall Hall Road Chelsworth Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7HX. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Chelsworth conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across South East Cosford. We hold 480 applications in total for the IP7 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
IP7 7HX
Application type
Tree Preservation Order - Works Related
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chelsworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2025
Consultation expiry
20 November 2025
Consultation start
30 October 2025
Consultation end
20 November 2025
Last date for comments
20 November 2025
Target decision date
11 December 2025
Permission expires
2 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
25 Potter Street Sible Hedingham Halstead CO9 3RG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14446764
Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
9

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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

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© 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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