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Laxfield Baptist Chapel High Street Laxfield

2064/14Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 8 September 2014

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Alterations to the chapel - take out pulpit, platform and pews. Replace with foyer, extend first floor balcony and solid carpeted floor

Received
26 June 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stradbroke & Laxfield
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.4 Aug
  4. Target22 Aug
  5. Decided8 Sep

Decided in 73 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Laxfield Baptist Chapel High Street Laxfield. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Stradbroke & Laxfield.

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

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Laxfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2014
Consultation expiry
6 August 2014
Consultation start
14 July 2014
Consultation end
4 August 2014
Last date for comments
4 August 2014
Target decision date
22 August 2014
Decision issued
10 September 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 July 2014
Site notice start
14 July 2014
Site notice end
6 August 2014

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: LaxfieldPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Baptist ChapelOn this site · +2 more
  • 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

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    21 Jul

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Insertion of replacement windows (Retrospective)

    WithdrawnListed building consentDC/25/03264
  2. 2024
    9 Aug

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/03344

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/24/03575
  3. 2023
    17 Jul

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Removal of existing roof coverings and recover using new materials.

    ApprovedListed building consentDC/23/03344
  4. 2016
    18 Jan

    Removal of existing roof coverings and recover using new materials.

    ApprovedListed building consent0215/16
  5. 2014
    27 Feb

    Extension of single storey side and roof extensions,installation of rooflight,replacement of roof…

    ApprovedListed building consent0666/14
  6. 2014
    27 Feb

    Erection of single storey side extension and roof extension and external alterations.

    ApprovedFull Planning Application0665/14

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