Friday Cottage The Common Mellis
Refused on 16 May 2014
Planning committee
Proposal
Erection of a cattery with 15 pens for up to 30 cats
- Received
- 18 March 2014
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived18 Mar
- ValidatedValidated2 Apr
- Consult.Consultation30 Apr
- TargetTarget Date28 May
- DecidedDecided16 May
Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Friday Cottage The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham. We hold 1,283 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 8DS
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 April 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 7 May 2014
- Consultation start
- 9 April 2014
- Consultation end
- 30 April 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 May 2014
- Last date for comments
- 30 April 2014
- Target decision date
- 28 May 2014
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 16 April 2014
- Site notice start
- 15 April 2014
- Site notice end
- 7 May 2014
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03239221
- Documents
- 48
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (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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© 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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