Mara House The Common Mellis
Approved on 14 April 2015
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Non-material amendment sought following grant of planning permission 2734/14. Open bays to be moved from the back of the four cart lodges to be replaced with two open bays at each gable end.
- Received
- 16 March 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived16 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided14 Apr
Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Mara House The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 549 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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.
90% of amendment 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
- Non Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2015
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2015
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
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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Associated applications
- 201516 Mar
Non-material amendment sought following grant of planning permission 2734/14
This applicationApprovedNon-material amendment0975/15 - 201426 Aug
Erection of four bay cartlodge
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart of2734/14
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201419 Jun
Retention of change of use of land to residential garden
ApprovedFull Planning Application2010/14 - 201326 Apr
Erection of a detached 2 storey dwelling.
ApprovedFull Planning Application1193/13 - 200411 May
OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR A FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE, TWO STOREY - SIMILAR TO ADJACENT PROPERTY.
RefusedOutline Planning Application0092/04/OL
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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