Planning application
Tesco Supermarket Ropes Drive Kesgrave Ipswich Suffolk IP5 2FU
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
1no. Field Maple (T15 on plan) - Fell 1no. Oak (T24 on plan) - Crown lift to 5 metres above ground
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0634/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0634/TPO
- Type
- Works to Trees under TPO
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 17 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 23 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Kesgrave
- Parish
- Kesgrave
- Postcode
- IP5 2FU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Feb 2026
Received by East Suffolk
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23 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Suffolk took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Ground Control Ltd Agent, registered in Billericay
Active · incorporated 1984 · Billericay
413 applications on PlanIndex · across 145 councils · 97% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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This application is with East Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Suffolk decided tree works applications in a median of 40 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.
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