Willow Lodge The Common Mellis

1296/05Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 1 September 2005

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Single storey extensions and alterations to form granny annexe and additional bedrooms to existing bungalow

Received: 20 June 2005
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Gislingham

ReceivedReceived20 Jun
ValidatedValidated13 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date7 Sep
DecidedDecided1 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Willow Lodge The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham.

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: 13 July 2005
Consultation expiry: 27 July 2005
Consultation start: 21 July 2005
Neighbour consultation start: 21 July 2005
Target decision date: 7 September 2005
Decision issued: 15 September 2005

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 27 July 2005

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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