Mead Cottage The Common Mellis Eye IP23 8DR
Approved on 28 April 2003
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retention of garden store
- Received
- 25 February 2003
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- ReceivedReceived25 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation11 Apr
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided28 Apr
Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Mead Cottage The Common Mellis Eye IP23 8DR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,281 applications in total for the IP23 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- IP23 8DR
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2003
- Consultation expiry
- 11 April 2003
- Consultation start
- 24 March 2003
- Consultation end
- 11 April 2003
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 March 2003
- Last date for comments
- 11 April 2003
- Target decision date
- 1 May 2003
- Decision issued
- 29 April 2003
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 April 2003
- Site notice start
- 1 April 2003
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Mellis
- 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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 May
Notification of works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce 1 No. Conifer (T1) back to boundary, Fell 1…
PendingNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/26/02137 - 201722 Aug
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - Re-pollard to previous pruning points 1 no. Horse Chestnut
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/17/04327 - 201320 May
Lime Tree reduction of 20%. Hawthorn reduction of 40%. Pollard of small Hawthorn. Prune 3 fruit trees.
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con Area1467/13 - 20036 May
NEW FIXED LIGHTS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL IN EAST ELEVATION.
ApprovedListed building consent0113/03/LB
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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