Mara House The Common Mellis
Approved on 13 November 2013
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of a detached 2 storey dwelling.
- Received
- 26 April 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived26 Apr
- ValidatedValidated26 Apr
- Consult.Consultation3 Jun
- TargetTarget Date21 Jun
- DecidedDecided13 Nov
Decided in 201 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Mara House The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 201 days, 22 weeks 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
- 26 April 2013
- Consultation expiry
- 5 June 2013
- Consultation start
- 14 April 2016
- Consultation end
- 3 June 2013
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 November 2013
- Last date for comments
- 3 June 2013
- Target decision date
- 21 June 2013
- Decision issued
- 15 November 2013
- Application expires
- 21 June 2013
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 May 2013
- Site notice start
- 14 May 2013
- Site notice end
- 5 June 2013
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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201516 Mar
Non-material amendment sought following grant of planning permission 2734/14
ApprovedNon-material amendment0975/15 - 201426 Aug
Erection of four bay cartlodge
ApprovedFull Planning Application2734/14 - 201419 Jun
Retention of change of use of land to residential garden
ApprovedFull Planning Application2010/14
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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