The Old School House 2 Castle Hill Eye
Approved on 14 July 2015
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of existing front elevation lean-to structure extension and replacement with new garden room extension
- Received
- 29 April 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Eye
- ReceivedReceived29 Apr
- ValidatedValidated19 May
- Consult.Consultation17 Jun
- TargetTarget Date14 Jul
- DecidedDecided14 Jul
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at The Old School House 2 Castle Hill Eye. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Eye conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Eye. 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 7AP
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Eye
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 May 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 24 June 2015
- Consultation start
- 27 May 2015
- Consultation end
- 17 June 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 May 2015
- Last date for comments
- 17 June 2015
- Target decision date
- 14 July 2015
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 June 2015
- Site notice start
- 28 May 2015
- Site notice end
- 24 June 2015
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Eye
- Scheduled monument: Eye Castle, the remains of a motte and bailey castle and its defensive ditch 120m west of…Part 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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, 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.
- 202610 Feb
Application for works to tree/s in a Conservation Area - Mature Beech tree (T1) in front garden next to house…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/26/00546 - 20165 Jul
Beech Tree reduce crown volume by up to 20%.Please note: If you are not the owner of the tree then permission…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con Area2888/16 - 20168 Feb
Demolition of existing lean to and its replacement with a new garden room
ApprovedFull Planning Application0575/16
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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