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White House Cottage The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB

1103/03/Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 October 2003

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

FRONT SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION. REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND SINGLE STOREY DETACHED GARAGE IN REAR GARDEN.

Received
15 August 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gislingham
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at White House Cottage The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB. 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 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 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 8EB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2003
Consultation expiry
25 September 2003
Consultation start
11 September 2003
Consultation end
25 September 2003
Neighbour consultation start
29 August 2003
Last date for comments
25 September 2003
Target decision date
14 October 2003

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 September 2003
Site notice start
19 September 2003

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    2 Feb

    Householder Planning Application - Erection of a ground floor rear extension.

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/21/00620
  2. 2021
    6 Jan

    Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - Cut back row of ash trees to have overhang over…

    ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/21/00074
  3. 2018
    9 Jun

    Householder Planning Application - Erection of two storey front extension.

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/18/02631
  4. 2013
    4 Apr

    Proposed installation of solar PV panels ( 4kWp system). 16 No. Chinaland Solar CHN 250-96M

    ApprovedFull Planning Application0955/13
  5. 2005
    31 Aug

    Single storey detached garage.

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1812/05
  6. 2003
    6 Feb

    TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION

    ApprovedFull Planning Application0166/03/

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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