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Gainsborough House St James Street Dunwich Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 3DU

DC/26/2761/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 September 2026

Council decision: No Objections

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1no. Bay (marked T1 on submitted map) - Reduce to 2m from ground level 1no. Silver Birch (marked T2 on submitted map) - Reduce height and lateral spread by 30% 1no. Holly (marked T3 on submitted map) - Fell 1no. Norway Maple (Crimson King) (marked T4 on submitted map) - Reduce crown by 25-30%, thin crown by 30% 1no. Mulberry (marked T5 on submitted map) - Reduce crown by 25-30%, thin crown by 30% 2no Silver Birch (marked T6 on submitted map) - Reduce crowns by 25-30% 1no Silver Birch (Leaning) (marked T6 on submitted plan) - Fell

Received
4 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 October 2026
Ward
Wrentham, Wangford And Westleton
Agent
1st Cut Tree and Forestry Services
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.27 Aug
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Gainsborough House St James Street Dunwich Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 3DU. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Dunwich conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Wrentham, Wangford And Westleton. 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 3DU
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dunwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2026
Last date for comments
27 August 2026
Target decision date
16 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
1st Cut Tree and Forestry Services
Agent address
Unit 2 Haw Wood Camp Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 3QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Dunwich
  • National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
  • Heritage coast: Suffolk

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 (19)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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