Meadow Cottages Upper Street Stratford St Mary Suffolk Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/03436 - Notification Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Application for work to Trees subject to Tree Preservation Order - BT300/T13 - Fell 1 No. Sycamore (T1), Remove deadwood from 6 No. Sycamore (G2), Remove deadwood from 2 No. Oak (G3), Fell 1 No. Cherry Plum (T4), Fell 1 No. Holly (T5), Reduce crown of 1 No. Ash (T7), Re-pollard 1 No. Sycamore (T7) and Fell anything dead in a Mixed hedgerow (G8) reduce trees appropriately and general maintenance clearance. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Aug 2026
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Validated
11 Aug 2026
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Consultation
11 Aug 2026
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Approved
7 Sept 2026

Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF WORKS TO TCA - RAISE NO OBJECTIONS Decision · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Dedham Vale National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Public footpath 1 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Stratford St Mary 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
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

Council
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type
Notification
Postcode
CO7 6JL
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
11 Aug 2026
Ward
Brett Vale
Parish
Stratford St Mary
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Dedham Vale Tree Surgery

How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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-15148537
Consultation
11 Aug 2026
Comments by
1 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
22 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
1 Meadow Cottages Upper Street Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6JL
Application for Works to Trees subject to Tree Preservation Order BT300/T14 - Reduce back…
DC/23/03097
2023 Approved
1 Meadow Cottages Upper Street Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6JL
Application for Works to Trees subject to Tree Preservation Order BT300/T14 - Reduce back…
DC/23/03097
2020 Approved
Anglian Water Swan Meadow Stratford St Mary Suffolk
Application for works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order BT300/T13 - Fell 1No…
DC/20/02616
2020 Approved
Anglian Water Swan Meadow Stratford St Mary Suffolk
Application for works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order BT300/T13 - Fell 1No…
DC/20/02616
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings