Woodmill 5 Gardner Road Southwold Suffolk IP18 6HJ Data via plota.co.uk

Pending DC/26/3459/TCA

Trees & landscaping

Council

East Suffolk 5.3/10

Date received

around 2 Oct 2026

Date validated

2 Oct 2026

Postcode

IP18 6HJ

Description

1no. Privet (marked on submitted plan) - Fell Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:54

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision around 12 Nov 2026, from East Suffolk's recent tree and landscaping works.

Day 7 of the 56-day target. East Suffolk usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 41.

prediction

Day 749 days to the 56-day target

95%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

334decided in the last year

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

Site constraints 12

Suffolk Coast & Heaths 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.

Southwold 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.

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Heritage coast: Suffolk

A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.

Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.

Public footpath about 23 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: Lowland heathland

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

30 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Strickland House, Grade II, about 44 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 28 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.

Show all 30 with distances

44 mStrickland HouseGrade II
48 mPark Lane Cottage Park Lane Cottage WestGrade II
54 mPark Lane Cottage Park Lane Cottage WestGrade II
71 m21 and 23, Park LaneGrade II
82 mHoneysuckle Cottage (Number 17)Grade II
84 mThe Old ChapelGrade II
89 m13 and 15, Park LaneGrade II
92 mRosemary CottagesGrade II
97 m9, Park LaneGrade II
99 m20, Park LaneGrade II
107 m16 and 18, Park LaneGrade II
115 mThe StudioGrade II
115 m14, Park LaneGrade II
120 m10 and 12, Park LaneGrade II
132 mBradwell House (Number 6)Grade II
136 mBuckenham HouseGrade II*
138 mOlde Banke HouseGrade II
139 m71, High StreetGrade II
141 mProvidence CottageGrade II
142 m19, Market PlaceGrade II
142 mThe Elms (Number 1)Grade II
142 mEvingtonGrade II
143 mLloyds BankGrade II*
144 mMay Place May Place Cottage (Number 7a)Grade II
145 mGreyfriars North and Greyfriars South and Regency HouseGrade II
146 mUnited Reformed ChurchGrade II
146 m3, Market PlaceGrade II
147 m11 and 13, Market PlaceGrade II
147 m15, Market PlaceGrade II
148 mWellesley CottageGrade II

Historic England ↗

Special area of conservation about 310 m away: Outer Thames Estuary

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

SSSI about 228 m away: Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes SSSI; Inside the Southwold built-up area; Priority habitat about 20 m away: Lowland heathland; National infrastructure project about 1812 m away: LionLink Interconnector, at pre-application; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 8 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 Planning Inspectorate 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.