Land At Elmside Lea Finningham Road Walsham-Le-Willows
Approved on 3 October 2007
Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Retention of construction and other operations already undertaken. Erection of 38 Free Market Dwellings and 15 Affordable Dwellings, Village Shop Premises, Access, Parking, Garaging, Open Space, Landscaping and ancillary works following demolition of redundant piggeries complex and decontamination of site (Revised Scheme)
- Received
- 12 September 2006
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Rickinghall & Walsham
- ReceivedReceived12 Sep
- ValidatedValidated3 Oct
- Consult.Consultation1 Feb
- TargetTarget Date28 Nov
- DecidedDecided3 Oct
Decided in 365 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Land At Elmside Lea Finningham Road Walsham-Le-Willows. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 386 days, 48 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
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
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 15
- Parish
- Walsham Le Willows
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 October 2006
- Consultation expiry
- 1 February 2008
- Consultation start
- 18 January 2008
- Consultation end
- 1 February 2008
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 October 2007
- Last date for comments
- 1 February 2008
- Target decision date
- 28 November 2006
- Committee meeting
- 7 February 2007
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 October 2006
- Site notice start
- 2 October 2006
- Site notice end
- 1 February 2008
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Withdrawn
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Walsham le WillowsPart of the site
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.
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