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St Peters Church Church Road Felsham Suffolk

DC/26/01596Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaAwaiting decision
Prior approval

Proposal

Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Trees Y1, Y2 - Both Yew Trees: Crown reduction to a minimum height of 6m and 3m width (approximately 30-40% reduction) Trees Y3-Y10 - All Yew Trees: Crown Reduction to a minimum height of 8m and 3m width (approximately 20-30% reduction) Trees S1, S2 - Both Sycamore Trees: Removal and replacement with 1 x Oak Sapling and a mixture of native hedgerow plants including hawthorn, blackthorn, beech, hornbeam and hazel If this is not acceptable, Crown thinning to reduce leaf-area by up to 30%. Either option requested to allow more sunlight into gardens of Nos. 4 and 5, 'Yewlands'.

Received
15 April 2026
Decision due
28 May 2026
Ward
Rattlesden
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.7 May
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 7 May.

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About this application

This is a tree application at St Peters Church Church Road Felsham Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Felsham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Rattlesden.

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Application details

Application type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Felsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2026
Consultation expiry
7 May 2026
Consultation start
16 April 2026
Consultation end
7 May 2026
Last date for comments
7 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14847151
Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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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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