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The Chestnuts Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1ER

DC/17/2271/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 July 2017

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell or Reduce a Leylandii that is top heavy and leans causing a possible risk to a private road that serves 5 properties and also to overhead cables

Received
30 May 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saxmundham
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.21 Jun
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Chestnuts Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1ER. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1ER
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saxmundham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 June 2017
Consultation expiry
21 June 2017
Consultation start
1 June 2017
Consultation end
21 June 2017
Last date for comments
21 June 2017
Target decision date
12 July 2017
Permission expires
6 July 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Saxmundham
  • 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 (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

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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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    4 Nov

    T1: Silver Birch to fell tree threat to bungalow and power lines. T2: Swamp Cypress, to fell tree leans to…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/14/3619/TCA
  2. 2010
    18 Aug

    Felling of Leylandii tree behind garage.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaSCDC/TCA/10/00098
  3. 2009
    11 Nov

    Fell horse chestnut tree to NW of garage.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaSCDC/TCA/09/00158
  4. 2009
    8 Sep

    Reduce Silver Birch tree - crown by up to 30% on eastern side and minor shaping to balance.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaSCDC/TCA/09/00119
  5. 2008
    1 May

    T1 Salix matsudana: Fell.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaSCDC/TCA/08/00074
  6. 2005
    15 Nov

    Removal of agricultural occupancy condition (condition 6 of planning permission E/12814

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)C/05/2189

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