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Laxfield Baptist Chapel High Street Laxfield IP13 8DU

0215/16Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 May 2016

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of existing roof coverings and recover using new materials.

Received
18 January 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stradbroke & Laxfield
  1. Received18 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 118 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Laxfield Baptist Chapel High Street Laxfield IP13 8DU. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 10 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Laxfield conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Stradbroke & Laxfield. We hold 1,031 applications in total for the IP13 postcode area.

96% of heritage applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP13 8DU
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Laxfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2016
Consultation expiry
2 March 2016
Consultation start
2 February 2016
Consultation end
23 February 2016
Last date for comments
23 February 2016
Target decision date
15 March 2016
Decision issued
18 May 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 February 2016
Site notice start
3 February 2016
Site notice end
2 March 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04761658
Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: LaxfieldPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Baptist ChapelOn this site · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    21 Jul

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Insertion of replacement windows (Retrospective)

    WithdrawnListed building consentDC/25/03264
  2. 2024
    9 Aug

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/03344

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/24/03575
  3. 2023
    17 Jul

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Removal of existing roof coverings and recover using new materials.

    ApprovedListed building consentDC/23/03344
  4. 2014
    26 Jun

    Alterations to the chapel - take out pulpit, platform and pews. Replace with foyer, extend first floor…

    ApprovedListed building consent2064/14
  5. 2014
    27 Feb

    Extension of single storey side and roof extensions,installation of rooflight,replacement of roof…

    ApprovedListed building consent0666/14
  6. 2014
    27 Feb

    Erection of single storey side extension and roof extension and external alterations.

    ApprovedFull Planning Application0665/14

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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