Yew Trees Fairfield Drive Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AX
Approved on 24 August 2017
Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Trees in front gardenT1 Leylandii conifer 40% reductionT2 Yew, reduce height to match adjacent yewRemoval of dead Prunus is exempt from S.211 Notice.
- Received
- 18 July 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Saxmundham
- ReceivedReceived18 Jul
- ValidatedValidated19 Jul
- Consult.Consultation8 Aug
- TargetTarget Date29 Aug
- DecidedDecided24 Aug
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Yew Trees Fairfield Drive Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AX. 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 4 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 1AX
- Application type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saxmundham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 July 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 8 August 2017
- Consultation start
- 19 July 2017
- Consultation end
- 8 August 2017
- Target decision date
- 29 August 2017
- Permission expires
- 24 August 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Terrestrial Arboriculture
- Agent address
- 70 Fairfield Crescent Framlingham IP13 9LB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Aug
1no. Cedar (T1 on plan) - Crown lift by up to 3 metres
ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/26/2825/TCA - 201128 Jul
Conversion of existing garage to study/bedroom .
ApprovedFull ApplicationC/11/1734 - 200826 Sep
Lift low canopy of Western Red Cedar in front garden.
ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaSCDC/TCA/08/00150 - 200816 Sep
Fell 1 x Fir tree in front garden.
PendingWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaSCDC/TCA/08/00142
Source: East Suffolk
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