Planning application
5 St Edmunds Place Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3RA
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
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.
As published by the council, reference 25/00750/CALF
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00750/CALF
- Type
- Works to Trees within Conservation Area
- Status
- Approved/Conditions
- Decision
- Granted subject to conditions
- Received
- 24 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 24 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 26 Nov 2025
- Ward
- ST MARGARETS
- Parish
- Central Area
- Postcode
- IP1 3RA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ipswich register
This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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23/00908/CALF Granted
5 St Edmunds Place Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3RA
Works to trees: Holm Oak (T1) - reduce all around by 2.5m; Beech (T2) - reduce all around by 1.5m; Leylandii (T3) - reduce by 2m in height.
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19/01016/CALF Granted
5 St Edmunds Place Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3RA
Works to trees: Beech (T1) - prune by 1m; Silver Birch (T2) - rise up lower branches by 0.5m; Apple (T3) - reduced by 1.5m; Cherry Plum (T4) - prune by 1.5m.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Oct 2025
Received by Ipswich
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26 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Granted subject to conditions
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ipswich granted permission on 26 November 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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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5 St Edmunds Place Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3RA
Works to trees: Beech (T1) - prune by 1m; Silver Birch (T2) - rise up lower branches by 0.5m; Apple (T3) - reduced by 1.5m; Cherry Plum (T4) - prune by 1.5m.
Granted Trees 1 doc -
5 St Edmunds Place Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3RA
Works to trees: Holm Oak (T1) - reduce all around by 2.5m; Beech (T2) - reduce all around by 1.5m; Leylandii (T3) - reduce by 2m in height.
Granted Trees 1 doc -
7 St Edmunds Place Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3RA
Works to trees protected by TPO 7 of 2013: 2no. Limes (G1 - T1 and T2) - pollard all branches back to the main branches.
Granted Trees 2 docs -
4 Greenways Close Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3RB
Works to trees: Crab Apple (T1) - fell; Apple (T2) - prune by 2m; Horse Chestnut (T3) - prune by 4m and prune back the end of the branch to remove weight and to also reduce the other branches coming off the larger low branch, by 2 metres.
Granted Trees 1 doc -
4 Greenways Close Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3RB
Works to trees: Reduce Apple(T1) by 1.5m back to previous pruning cuts; reduce Horse Chestnut (T2) by 2.5m all around.
Granted Trees 1 doc -
2 Greenways Close Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3RB
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Granted Trees 7 docs
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26/00685/CALF Awaiting decision
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26/00676/TALF Awaiting decision
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