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Riverbank Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1EP

DC/19/1813/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 June 2019

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Leyland Cyprus. Fell because two large branches have broken off in heavy rain and fallen across garden. Specimen is a mature multi stem.

Received
2 May 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saxmundham
  1. Received2 May
  2. Validated3 May
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Riverbank Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1EP. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 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 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 1EP
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saxmundham

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 May 2019
Consultation expiry
28 May 2019
Consultation start
3 May 2019
Consultation end
28 May 2019
Last date for comments
28 May 2019
Target decision date
13 June 2019
Permission expires
6 June 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • 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.

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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    30 Apr

    1no. Cypress (T1 on plan) - Fell

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/25/1786/TCA
  2. 2020
    3 Aug

    Leyland Cypress (T1) - fell because of excessive shading and low amenity value Leyland Cypress (T2) - fell…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/20/2915/TCA
  3. 2018
    5 Nov

    T1 Leylandii (multistem) (fell because of excessive shading and low amenity value, replace with willow in…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/18/4554/TCA
  4. 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
  5. 2014
    12 Mar

    Non Material amendment to Planning Consent DC/13/2962/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/14/0835/AME
  6. 2014
    7 Mar

    Submission of details as required by Conditions 3,4,and 5 of Planning Consent DC/13/2962/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/14/0767/DRC

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