Tree Tops The Common Mellis
Refused on 12 February 2007
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of Garage & Gamesroom to Residential Annexe for Holiday Letting.
- Received
- 17 November 2006
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation12 Dec
- TargetTarget Date7 Jan
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 92 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Tree Tops The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham.
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
- Small
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2006
- Consultation expiry
- 20 December 2006
- Consultation start
- 21 November 2006
- Consultation end
- 12 December 2006
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 November 2006
- Last date for comments
- 12 December 2006
- Target decision date
- 7 January 2007
- Committee meeting
- 4 April 2007
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 51 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 November 2006
- Site notice start
- 22 November 2006
- Site notice end
- 20 December 2006
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: MellisPart 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 (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.
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.
- 20062 May
Erection of two storey and single storey extensions
ApprovedFull Planning Application0985/06 - 20057 Nov
Conversion of garage & gamesroom to residential annexe for holiday letting
RefusedFull Planning Application2281/05 - 200312 May
DOUBLE GARAGE WITH GAMES ROOM ABOVE
ApprovedFull Planning Application0722/03/
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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