5 St Edmunds Place Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3RA Data via plota.co.uk

25/00750/CALF - Works to Trees within Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Works to trees: Reduce Gleditsia (T1) all round by 2m; reduce Silver Birch (T2) by 1.5m all round; reduce Apple (T3) by 1m all round and reduce Cherry Plum (T4) by 1.5m all round back to old pruning cuts. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Oct 2025
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Approved
26 Nov 2025

Approved on 26 Nov 2025 · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Park Conservation Area 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Registered park or garden about 163 m away: Christchurch Mansion; National infrastructure project about 1831 m away: Ipswich Rail Chord; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Ipswich built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £150,000 in June 1996. Detached house, freehold.

25 June 1996£150,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Ipswich
Application type
Works to Trees within Conservation Area
Postcode
IP1 3RA
Received
24 Oct 2025
Validated
24 Oct 2025
Ward
ST MARGARETS
Case officer
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Target decision
5 Dec 2025
Decision
Approved/Conditions
Decision date
26 Nov 2025
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 33 days from validation, about the council's usual 36 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
177decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
24 Oct 2025
Comments by
25 Nov 2025
Site or press notice
4 Nov 2025
Ipswich
Planning Authority Score
7.6/10
Good
#38 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Ipswich is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #67 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Ipswich decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #40 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #18 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #67 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #129 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
27 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
62 decided
429
Total decisions
27 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.