Dairy House High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DU Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/03736 - Notification Pending

Proposal

Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - (T1) - Stone Pine - crown raise over driveway and crown reduce by approximately 0.5-1M. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Consultation
1 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 13 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Sept 2026, from Babergh Mid Suffolk's recent tree and landscaping works. Comments are open until 22 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 5

Laxfield conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
17 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Suffolk House, Grade II, 41 m away · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 15 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Laxfield built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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.

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Important details

Application type
Notification
Postcode
IP13 8DU
Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Ward
Stradbroke & Laxfield
Parish
Laxfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Grayston Arboriculture

Decision outlook

Day 14 of the 56-day target. Babergh Mid Suffolk usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 28.

Day 1442 days to the 56-day target
99%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
288decided 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15190369
Consultation
1 Sept 2026
Comments by
22 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Oct 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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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