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Fairfield House South Fairfield Drive Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AX

DC/18/1985/TPOWorks to Trees under TPOApproved

Approved on 2 July 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO SCDC/89/00045Numbered as per application & site planT1 multi stemmed Leyland cypress (5 trunks making one crown) - Reduce height by 30% (6m)Reasons: to facilitate light, control growth & alleviate safety concerns. Please note there are smaller Leyland cypresses along the same row but no works requested for them.

Received
10 May 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saxmundham
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated10 May
  3. Consult.31 May
  4. Target4 Jul
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Fairfield House South Fairfield Drive Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AX. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 under TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saxmundham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 May 2018
Consultation expiry
31 May 2018
Consultation start
11 May 2018
Consultation end
31 May 2018
Target decision date
4 July 2018
Permission expires
2 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Bush Tree Surgeon
Agent address
1 Stour Close Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1XX

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    16 Mar

    1no. Acacia (T1 on plan) - Crown thin by up to 20% and crown reduce by up to 1 metre to balance

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/26/1019/TPO
  2. 2021
    20 Jul

    T1 Leyland Cypress, multstem - reduce by 50% to control growth and allow light in.T2 Leyland Cypress - fell…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/21/3457/TCA
  3. 2016
    26 Jul

    To remove branches from boundary Oak tree where they overhang neighbour's property (Fairhaven) and cause…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/16/3089/TPO
  4. 2011
    2 Sep

    Internal alterations - re-instatement of doors removed in 1970's

    ApprovedListed building consentC/11/2019
  5. 2009
    8 Apr

    Insertion of internal doorway to join Fairfield House South to 1 Fairfield Gardens

    ApprovedListed building consentC/09/0578
  6. 2006
    9 Oct

    Works to tree covered by Area 1of TPO 45, 1989 - T1 on application. Fell - Leyland Cypress

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPOSCDC/TPO/06/00090

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