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2 Fairfield House Gardens Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1DL

DC/26/1019/TPOWorks to Trees under TPOApproved

Approved on 20 May 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
16 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saxmundham
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Fairfield House Gardens Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1DL. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1DL
Application type
Works to Trees under TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saxmundham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2026
Last date for comments
29 April 2026
Target decision date
27 May 2026
Permission expires
20 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Lazy Acres Falkenham Suffolk IP10 0QY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

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.

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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 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
  2. 2018
    10 May

    TPO SCDC/89/00045Numbered as per application & site planT1 multi stemmed Leyland cypress (5 trunks making one…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/18/1985/TPO
  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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