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Oakhurst Blackheath Road Wenhaston With Mells Hamlet Suffolk IP19 9HD

DC/15/3443/TPOWorks to Trees under TPOApproved

Approved on 16 October 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To reduce crown of Oak in NW corner of property by 30% to remove dieback and reduce risk to users of public footpath.To remove large second stem that leans over neighbouring property and currently supported by old bracing system.To remove larger limbs from frontage Limes that lean over road.

Received
22 August 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Halesworth And Blything
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated26 Aug
  3. Consult.24 Sep
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Oakhurst Blackheath Road Wenhaston With Mells Hamlet Suffolk IP19 9HD. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Halesworth And Blything. We hold 922 applications in total for the IP19 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at East Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP19 9HD
Application type
Works to Trees under TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wenhaston

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 August 2015
Consultation expiry
24 September 2015
Consultation start
4 September 2015
Consultation end
24 September 2015
Last date for comments
24 September 2015
Target decision date
20 October 2015
Decision issued
19 October 2015
Permission expires
19 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
JBTree service suffolk
Agent address
Curlew Cottage St Helena Westleton Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 3ED

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04443833
Documents
4
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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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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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    3 Nov

    TPO No. SCDC/88/00037 T1 - Veteran oak tree - Crown reduce by up to 2m and removal of dead wood in accordance…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/21/4995/TPO
  2. 2015
    10 Jul

    Replacement of existing life expired timber framed windows/doors with UPVC fully energy efficient windows…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/15/2812/FUL
  3. 2013
    11 Oct

    T1 Oak, to crown reduce heavy over hanging branches and remove deadwood for safety reasons.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/13/3008/TPO
  4. 2009
    9 Oct

    Area A1 - T1 Oak - 15-20% crown reduction and reshapingArea A1 - T2 Line - 15-20% crown reduction and…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPOSCDC/TPO/09/00137
  5. 2008
    31 Dec

    Reduce height of 2 Oaks and 1 Lime within Area A1 to west of property to reduce shading and effect on solar…

    RefusedWorks to Trees under TPOSCDC/TPO/09/00001
  6. 2008
    14 Jul

    Installation of solar panels on rear roof

    ApprovedFull ApplicationC/08/1352

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