Ivy Cottage The Street Metfield Harleston Suffolk IP20 0LB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - The tree is a Cupressus (often called a Leylandii). The tree is ppx 10-15m in height, The tree has outgrown its position, The tree will be dismantled and removed from the site. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 8 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 5
Show all 9 with distances
- 24 mBell HouseGrade II
- 27 mRailings and Wall Along Road Frontage of Bell HouseGrade II
- 28 mNook CottageGrade II
- 69 mHuntsman and Hounds CottageGrade II
- 100 mStreet FarmhouseGrade II
- 118 mBarn 20 Metres North West of Street FarmhouseGrade II
- 121 mDoctors LodgeGrade II
- 134 mWhite HouseGrade II
- 135 mChurch of St John the BaptistGrade I
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 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £305,000 in June 2021. Other property, freehold.
More than one property is recorded at this address: HM Land Registry does not always give the flat or unit.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Babergh Mid Suffolk
- Application type
- Notification
- Postcode
- IP20 0LB
- Received
- 10 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 14 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Fressingfield
- Parish
- Metfield
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 26 May 2026
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Decision date
- 8 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 24 days from validation, 5 days faster than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 29 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
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-14849642
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14849642
- Consultation
- 14 Apr 2026
- Comments by
- 5 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 26 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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