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73 Castle Street Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1HL

DC/26/1657/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
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Proposal

1no. Silver Birch (marked T1 on submitted plan) - Reduce branches overhanging No. 73 Castle St. by 50% 1no. Fruit Tree (marked T2 on submitted plan) - Remove stem closest to property, reduce back branches growing towards property. 1no. Holly (marked T3 on submitted plan) - Raise crown over driveway and footpath to 2.4m from ground level, crown raise over road to 5.2m from ground level. 1no. Hazel (marked T4 on submitted plan) - Re-pollard

Received
5 May 2026
Decision due
16 June 2026
Ward
Woodbridge
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.2 Jun
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 2 June.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (4)

About this application

This is a tree application at 73 Castle Street Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1HL. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Woodbridge conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Woodbridge. We hold 800 applications in total for the IP12 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
IP12 1HL
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woodbridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2026
Last date for comments
2 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Small Tree Company
Agent address
5 Ipswich Road Helmingham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 6EL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Suffolk

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