Bentley House Church Road Bentley Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2DA Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/00637 - Notification Approved

Proposal

Application for works to trees in a conservation area - 1.Holm Oak (Large specimen) Reduction in size to historic pollarded position 2.Sycamore Trees (6 NO.) Reduction in size and/or removal as appropriate Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:55

Application progress

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Received

16 Feb 2026

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Validated

19 Feb 2026

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Consultation

19 Feb 2026

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Approved

19 Mar 2026

Approved on 19 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 13 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type: Notification
Postcode: IP9 2DA
Received: 16 Feb 2026
Validated: 19 Feb 2026
Ward: Copdock & Washbrook
Parish: Bentley
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 2 Apr 2026
Decision: Raise No Objection
Decision date: 19 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one28d

Council28d

UK36d

98%decided within 8 weeks

99%approved

396decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14708425
Planning Portal ref: PP-14708425
Consultation: 19 Feb 2026
Comments by: 12 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 2 Apr 2026
Env. assessment: No

Babergh Mid Suffolk

Planning Authority Score

7.7/10

Good

#33 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Babergh Mid Suffolk is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #56 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

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Babergh Mid Suffolk decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #124 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #68 of 296

77%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #56 of 296

34%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #83 of 296

74%

Minor dwellings approved

160 decided (1-9 homes)

73%

Major dwellings approved

11 decided (10+ homes)

93%

Change of use approved

40 decided

882

Total decisions

99 refused in the year to March 2026