Willow Tree Farm Palmer Street Walsham Le Willows

1613/15Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 22 October 2015

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of an existing garage block and erection of a four bedroom detached house on land to the south west of Willow Tree Farm together, with a cart lodge for Willow Tree Farm.

Received: 5 May 2015
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Rickinghall & Walsham

ReceivedReceived5 May
ValidatedValidated18 May
Consult.Consultation29 Jun
TargetTarget Date13 Jul
DecidedDecided22 Oct

Decided in 157 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Willow Tree Farm Palmer Street Walsham Le Willows. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 170 days, 17 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Walsham le Willows conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 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: IP31 3BZ
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Walsham Le Willows

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 May 2015
Consultation expiry: 1 July 2015
Consultation start: 7 June 2016
Consultation end: 29 June 2015
Neighbour consultation start: 26 October 2015
Last date for comments: 29 June 2015
Target decision date: 13 July 2015
Decision issued: 26 October 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 10 June 2015
Site notice start: 10 June 2015
Site notice end: 1 July 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-04172206
Documents: 28

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Walsham le WillowsPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Willow Tree FarmhouseOn this 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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