Plot Adjacent To Whitehouse Cottage The Common Mellis
Approved on 13 May 2005
Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Erection of a two storey residential dwelling
- Received
- 22 March 2005
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived22 Mar
- ValidatedValidated22 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 May
- DecidedDecided13 May
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Plot Adjacent To Whitehouse Cottage The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 March 2005
- Consultation expiry
- 13 April 2005
- Consultation start
- 13 May 2005
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 May 2005
- Target decision date
- 17 May 2005
- Committee meeting
- 9 May 2005
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 April 2005
- Site notice start
- 8 April 2005
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: MellisPart of the site
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202518 Feb
Householder Application - Replacement of timber windows with UPVC units
ApprovedHouseholderDC/25/00780 - 202429 Jul
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduction of conifers by two thirds to a height of…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/24/03367 - 200710 May
Retention of two storey residential dwelling currently under construction, varying the terms of condition 6…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions1302/07 - 200422 Nov
OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF 2 STOREY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.
WithdrawnOutline Planning Application0188/04/OL - 200416 Mar
PROPOSED DWELLING & GARAGE
WithdrawnOutline Planning Application0067/04/OL
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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