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Fairfield Place Saxmundham

SCDC/TCA/12/00123Works to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 October 2012

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Repollarding of Lime Trees between 11 Fairfield Place and No's 3-11 Fairfield Road. Crown Lift to 4.5m row of Lime Trees overhanging car park and 12 Fairfield Place from 6 North Entrance.

Received
20 September 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saxmundham
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Oct
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Fairfield Place Saxmundham. East Suffolk has handled 820 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 4 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
13 September 2012
Target decision date
25 October 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Flagship Housing
Agent address
46 High Street Leiston Suffolk

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

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: SaxmundhamPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Varley HouseOn or next to this site · +2 more

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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    18 Jul

    1no. Yew (T1 on plan) - Reduce height and radial spread by 1-2 metres

    PendingWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/25/2836/TCA
  2. 2025
    13 Jun

    1no. Yew (in the carpark of Fairfield Place) - Prune all branches back to the boundary line of 6 Mansfield…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/25/2362/TCA
  3. 2024
    5 Aug

    1no. Lime (marked on plan) - Crown raise to 2.5 metres above ground

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/24/2801/TCA
  4. 2022
    6 Jul

    1no. Group of Limes (green circle on plan) - Re-pollard, 2.5m above ground

    PendingWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/22/2683/TCA
  5. 2015
    23 Nov

    Sycamore growing against front wall - to be felled to prevent further damage to wall.Lime and Beech in front…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/15/4703/TCA
  6. 2007
    30 Oct

    Erection of 10 flats and two cottages (revised application)

    ApprovedFull ApplicationC/07/2027

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