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White House Farm The Common Mellis

0338/14Outline Planning ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 March 2014

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application (all matters reserved) severance of garden for erection of a dwelling and associated vehicular access.

Received
3 February 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gislingham
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at White House Farm The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham. We hold 1,281 applications in total for the IP23 postcode area.

79% of outline 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 8EB
Application type
Outline Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2014
Consultation expiry
12 March 2014
Consultation start
14 February 2014
Consultation end
7 March 2014
Neighbour consultation start
14 February 2014
Last date for comments
7 March 2014
Target decision date
1 April 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 February 2014
Site notice start
17 February 2014
Site notice end
12 March 2014

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: MellisPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old ForgeOn or next to this site · +1 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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