Honeysuckle Cottage 85-86 The Common Mellis
Approved on 25 July 2012
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Removal off all existing roof tiles & ridge tiles from front & rear upper storey roof & retain for re-use. Replace roofing felt & re-tile. Replace leadwork in valleys. Bed in ridge tiles & replace flashing around base of chimney stack with lime mortar. Removal of cement mortar & re-point with lime mortar to brickwork on chimney stack & shafts. Associated timber repairs.
- Received
- 1 June 2012
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived1 Jun
- ValidatedValidated31 May
- Consult.Consultation12 Jul
- TargetTarget Date26 Jul
- DecidedDecided25 Jul
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Honeysuckle Cottage 85-86 The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.
96% of heritage 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 8DS
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 May 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 18 July 2012
- Consultation start
- 18 October 2012
- Consultation end
- 12 July 2012
- Last date for comments
- 12 July 2012
- Target decision date
- 26 July 2012
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 June 2012
- Site notice start
- 22 June 2012
- Site notice end
- 18 July 2012
Site constraints
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 (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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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