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High Meadow Martens Lane Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AG

DC/26/01955Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Permission not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application of works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 Elm Tree (dead) Remove to ground level.

Received
7 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brett Vale
Agent
Blake Tree Care Limited
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated8 May
  3. Consult.29 May
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 6 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at High Meadow Martens Lane Polstead Colchester Suffolk CO6 5AG. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 6 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Polstead conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Brett Vale. We hold 2,522 applications in total for the CO6 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
CO6 5AG
Application type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Polstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 May 2026
Consultation expiry
29 May 2026
Consultation start
8 May 2026
Consultation end
29 May 2026
Last date for comments
29 May 2026
Target decision date
19 June 2026
Permission expires
14 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Blake Tree Care Limited
Agent address
Orchard Lodge Dowling Road Mount Bures Bures CO8 5AY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14917377
Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
10

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: Polstead
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dedham Vale
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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