Churchyard St John The Baptist Church Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk
Approved on 24 November 2023
Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
2no. Lime (T1 and T4 on plan) - Crown reduction by up to 5 metres to previous pollard points and crown raise to 4 metres above the driveway1no. Lime (T7 on plan) - Crown reduction by up to 5 metres to previous pollard points, crown raise to 4 metres above the driveway and remove decayed limb above fork 5no Lime (T2, T3, T5, T6 and T8 on plan) - Overall crown reduction by up to 1.5 metres and raise crowns to 4 metres above the driveway
- Received
- 22 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Saxmundham
- ReceivedReceived22 Sep
- ValidatedValidated18 Oct
- Consult.Consultation10 Nov
- TargetTarget Date29 Nov
- DecidedDecided24 Nov
Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Churchyard St John The Baptist Church Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Saxmundham.
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
- Application type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saxmundham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 October 2023
- Last date for comments
- 10 November 2023
- Target decision date
- 29 November 2023
- Permission expires
- 24 November 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: East Suffolk
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