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Fairfield House South Fairfield Drive Saxmundham Suffolk

DC/22/0947/TPOWorks to Trees under TPOApproved

Approved on 27 April 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Oak in courtyard - reduce back 2m off the buiding, to reduce shading.

Received
8 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saxmundham
  1. Received8 Mar
  2. Validated8 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Fairfield House South Fairfield Drive Saxmundham Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 1 listed building 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 under TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saxmundham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 March 2022
Last date for comments
31 March 2022
Target decision date
2 May 2022
Permission expires
27 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Bush Tree Surgeon
Agent address
Crossroads Cottage Middleton Saxmundham IP17 3LR

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
10

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. 2025
    18 Mar

    A1 of TPO No. 45 / 1989 1no. Oak (T1 on plan) - Overall crown reduction by 2 metres

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/25/1183/TPO
  2. 2024
    22 May

    A1 of TPO No. 45 / 1989 1no. Sweet chestnut (T1 on plan) - Reduce limb on north east side by 4 metres

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/24/1894/TPO
  3. 2023
    26 Sep

    2no. Sycamore (T1 and T2 on plan) - Pollard to 3 metres above ground level1no. Elm (T3 on plan) - Fell

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/23/3733/TPO
  4. 2016
    22 Apr

    Mature Oak to south west of 9 Fairfield House Gardens - crown lift up to 4.5m.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/16/1689/TPO
  5. 2012
    2 Nov

    Martin Minta Agreed. Area A1 - 2x Oak Crown reduce and shape by 30% - remove deadwood, rubbing/crossing…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPOSCDC/TPO/12/00145
  6. 2006
    30 Aug

    Works to trees covered by Area 1 of TPO 45, 1989.T1 - Oak: cut back lowest branch overhanging No 8 Fairfield…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPOSCDC/TPO/06/00070

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