Rear Of Post Office Row Cottages Wortham
Refused on 10 July 2006
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Construction of 3 No. one and a half storey dwellings on land to the rear of Post Offices, Row Cottages, Wortham.
- Received
- 15 February 2006
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived15 Feb
- ValidatedValidated15 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date10 May
- DecidedDecided10 Jul
Decided in 117 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Rear Of Post Office Row Cottages Wortham. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 14 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham.
90% of full 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
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wortham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 March 2006
- Consultation start
- 29 March 2006
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 July 2006
- Target decision date
- 10 May 2006
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 April 2006
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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