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Fleece Cottages Front Street Mendlesham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5RX

DC/26/00555Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for works to tree/s in a Conservation Area - Rear Garden - Ash T2 (12M high, 400mm dia.) - Reduce and raise canopy on side overhanging Keepers Cottage by up to 2 metres to give a clearance of minimum 2 metres from the property. Balance remainder of raised canopy as required. Norway Maple T3 (12M high, 300mm dia.) - Reduce south side of crown overhanging Old Telephone Exchange by up to 2 metres (not top) and to clear building by minimum of 2 metres. Field Maple T1 (9M high, 350mm dia.) - Reduce the crown of the tree by up to 3 metres and back to the most recent points of reduction.

Received
10 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Mendlesham
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Fleece Cottages Front Street Mendlesham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 5RX. 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 the Mendlesham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Mendlesham. 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 5RX
Application type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mendlesham

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Consultation expiry
10 March 2026
Consultation start
17 February 2026
Consultation end
10 March 2026
Last date for comments
10 March 2026
Target decision date
25 March 2026
Permission expires
12 March 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14528412
Documents
4
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Mendlesham
  • 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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