Quercus Cottage 35 Church Hill Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1ES
Approved on 11 February 2026
Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
1no. Sycamore (T1 on plan) - Crown thin by 20%, crown lift to 5 metres and crown reduction by up to 2 metres
- Received
- 6 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Saxmundham
- ReceivedReceived6 Jan
- ValidatedValidated7 Jan
- Consult.Consultation29 Jan
- TargetTarget Date18 Feb
- DecidedDecided11 Feb
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Quercus Cottage 35 Church Hill Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1ES. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 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 1ES
- Application type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saxmundham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 29 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 11 February 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: SaxmundhamPart of the site
- 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.
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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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20262 Mar
1no. Sycamore (T1 on plan) - Crown reduce to previous pruning points, removing approximately 5 metres of…
ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/26/0830/TCA - 202418 Nov
W1 of TPO No. 58A / 196 1no. Birch (marked on plan) - Fell
ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/24/4145/TPO - 20192 Jul
Non Material Amendment of DC/18/3000/FUL
ApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/19/2655/AME - 201819 Jul
Alterations and additions
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/18/3000/FUL - 201411 Jul
T1 Sycamore...20% crown thin, crown lift to 5 m; crown reduction by 1-2mT2 Sycamore..Fell following recent…
ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/14/2257/TCA
Source: East Suffolk
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