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Idle Waters 4 The Island Lower Street Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6JT

DC/26/02397Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 Ash Tree extensive deadwood overhanging path and road, fell T2 Ash Tree sparse crown deadwood overhanging path and road, fell T3 multi stemmed Ash Tree unsafe, dead overhanging path and road, fell (should be done with immediate effect) T4 Ash tree thin crown dead wood within crown adjacent to road side. fell T6 Willow previous pollard large low split branch (removed) pollard down to 10ft to allow to regrow. G1 4no Conifers poor condition fell. G2 2no Conifers poor condition, fell.

Received
5 June 2026
Decision due
17 July 2026
Ward
Brett Vale
Agent
Bland Landscapes Ltd
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jun
  4. Target17 Jul
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 26 June.

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About this application

This is a tree application at Idle Waters 4 The Island Lower Street Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6JT. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Stratford St Mary conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Brett Vale. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 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
CO7 6JT
Application type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stratford St Mary

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2026
Consultation expiry
26 June 2026
Consultation start
5 June 2026
Consultation end
26 June 2026
Last date for comments
26 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bland Landscapes Ltd
Agent address
Ivydene Frating Road Ardleigh Colchester CO7 7SY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14987581
Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
6

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, conservation 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, 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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© 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.

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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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