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40 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AB

DC/17/0138/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 February 2017

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 Ash in rear garden, to reduce to previous pruning points (5m.) to allow more light to property.

Received
12 January 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saxmundham
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 40 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AB. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Saxmundham. We hold 1,357 applications in total for the IP17 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
IP17 1AB
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saxmundham

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2017
Consultation expiry
5 February 2017
Consultation start
16 January 2017
Consultation end
5 February 2017
Last date for comments
5 February 2017
Target decision date
23 February 2017
Permission expires
20 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Bush Tree Surgeon
Agent address
Alde View Priory Road Snape Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1SD

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Saxmundham

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 (21)

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, 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

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: East Suffolk

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