Honeysuckle Cottage 85/86 The Common Mellis

0956/02/Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 26 September 2002

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICULAR ACCESS

Received: 17 July 2002
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Babergh District Council

ReceivedReceived17 Jul
ValidatedValidated1 Aug
Consult.Consultation23 Aug
TargetTarget Date26 Sep
DecidedDecided26 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Honeysuckle Cottage 85/86 The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks 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.

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: 1 August 2002
Consultation expiry: 23 August 2002
Consultation start: 5 August 2002
Consultation end: 23 August 2002
Neighbour consultation start: 5 August 2002
Last date for comments: 23 August 2002
Target decision date: 26 September 2002
Decision issued: 2 October 2002

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 August 2002
Site notice start: 8 August 2002

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 0

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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