Planning application
Meadow House Foysters Hall Monks Eleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7AX
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Notification of works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Overall crown reduction by approximately 2 metres to:T1- Silver birch, T2- Alder, T3- Pin Oak and T4- False Acacia. Overall crown reduction by approximately 1 metre to: T5- Walnut, T6- Walnut and T7- Maple.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/03866
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/03866
- Type
- Notification: Works to Trees in Con Area
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 7 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Box Vale
- Parish
- Monks Eleigh
- Postcode
- IP7 7AX
Comment by 29 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Babergh's portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/25/03619 Granted
Meadow House Foysters Hall Monks Eleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7AX
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - 30% overall crown reductions to (T1) Ash tree and 2 (T2 and T3) Silver Birch trees. 30% overall reduction to (T4) Walnut.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Sep 2026
Received by Babergh
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8 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Babergh took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a tree-works contractor registered in Sudbury
12 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils · 100% granted
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See who's behind itDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Babergh for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Babergh decided tree works applications in a median of 29 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Ley House Foysters Hall Monks Eleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7AX
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - Ash trees X 2, crown lift by 1 metre, thin crown. Hawthorn tree trim and tidy maintaining shape and form T3 Ash tree crown lift by 1 metre, thin crown.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
Ley House Foysters Hall Monks Eleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7AX
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - Ash trees X 2, crown lift by 1 metre, thin crown. Hawthorn tree trim and tidy maintaining shape and form T3 Ash tree crown lift by 1 metre, thin crown.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
1 Foysters Hall Monks Eleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7AX
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 2No conifers approx 15m high very close to garage, we would like to take them down to the garage height approx 5m.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
1 Foysters Hall Monks Eleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7AX
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 2No conifers approx 15m high very close to garage, we would like to take them down to the garage height approx 5m.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Meadow House Foysters Hall Monks Eleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7AX
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - 30% overall crown reductions to (T1) Ash tree and 2 (T2 and T3) Silver Birch trees. 30% overall reduction to (T4) Walnut.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
Meadow House Foysters Hall Monks Eleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7AX
Notification of works to trees in a Conservation Area - 30% overall crown reductions to (T1) Ash tree and 2 (T2 and T3) Silver Birch trees. 30% overall reduction to (T4) Walnut.
Granted Trees 3 docs
Other tree works applications
In Babergh
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DC/26/03864 Awaiting decision
6 Forge Close Palgrave Diss Suffolk IP22 1AQ
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce back one side of 1 No. Oak (T1) by up to 30%
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DC/26/03873 Awaiting decision
Church Farm Church Road Bentley Ipswich Suffolk IP9 2DA
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1 No. Oak (T1)
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DC/26/03851 Awaiting decision
Fox And Goose Inn Church Street Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5PB
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce crown of 1 No. Willow (T1) to 30' and Width trimmed to 20'.
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DC/26/03852 Awaiting decision
3 Chestnut Drive Claydon Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0EU
Application for Works to Trees Subject to Tree Preservation Order MS41/A1 - Re-Pollard 1 No. Sycamore (T1) - taking around 5 metres off the height leaving the tree around 12 metres tall
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DC/26/03844 Awaiting decision
30 Egremont Street Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7SA
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1 No. Pine (T1), Pollard 1 No. Eucalyptus (T2) at 6ft, Reduce 1 No. Silver Birch (T3) by 8ft in height and reshape sides by maximum 2mtrs. Reduce and Reshape 1 No. Cherry (T4) by 25% and Reduce and Reshape 1 No. Yew (T5) by 25%