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St Marys Church Church Road Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LS

DC/26/02767Notification: Works to Trees in Con AreaAwaiting decision
Prior approval

Proposal

Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce crown of 1 No. Yew (T1) by 1.5m all round. Raise crown of 1 No. Yew (T2) to 2m above ground level and Crown reduction of approximately 1.5m all round, reducing back to suitable growth points

Received
29 June 2026
Decision due
10 August 2026
Ward
Brett Vale
Agent
Northwest Tree Management LTD
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.20 Jul
  4. Target10 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 July.

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About this application

This is a tree application at St Marys Church Church Road Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LS. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,921 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 29 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 6LS
Application type
Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stratford St Mary

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2026
Consultation expiry
20 July 2026
Consultation start
29 June 2026
Consultation end
20 July 2026
Last date for comments
20 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Northwest Tree Management LTD
Agent address
3 mountain View Helsby WA6 0BA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15043236
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.

  • Listed building: Grade I: Church of St MaryOn or next to this site
  • 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, 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

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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