2 The Old School Hinderclay Road Rickinghall Inferior Diss Suffolk IP22 1HD Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/03418 - Notification Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Third reduction of one Plum Tree 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 3

Decision & officer reports 1

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

Plans & drawings 1

IMG TREE LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: Rickinghall Voluntary Controlled Primary School
List entry 1334354 · 6 m from the pin · 5 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 4 Grade II)
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 ↗
Botesdale 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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Botesdale and Rickinghall 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

Council
Babergh Mid Suffolk
Application type
Notification
Postcode
IP22 1HD
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
11 Aug 2026
Ward
Rickinghall
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Treecraft

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-15146514
Consultation
11 Aug 2026
Comments by
1 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
22 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2021 Approved
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2019 Approved
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2019 Withdrawn
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2016 Approved
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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