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White House Farm The Common Mellis

3113/07Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 19 March 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed Removal of existing Bay Window and new Garden Room Extension

Received
3 October 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gislingham
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.8 Nov
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 161 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at White House Farm The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 17 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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.

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
IP23 8ED
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2007
Consultation expiry
22 November 2007
Consultation start
18 October 2007
Consultation end
8 November 2007
Last date for comments
8 November 2007
Target decision date
5 December 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 October 2007
Site notice start
1 November 2007
Site notice end
22 November 2007

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00293039
Comments
0
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2007
    3 Oct

    Proposed Removal of existing Bay Window and new Garden Room Extension

    This applicationRefusedFull3113/07
  2. 2007
    3 Oct

    Proposed Removal of existing Bay Window and new Garden Room Extension

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside3114/07/LB

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    19 Jan

    Listed Building Consent - Replacement of existing window with double doors - to north elevation of house

    ApprovedListed building consentDC/21/00352
  2. 2021
    19 Jan

    Householder application - Replace window to North Elevation with double doors.

    ApprovedHouseholderDC/21/00351
  3. 2017
    31 May

    Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area: Remove leaning stem and raise canopy to 3m on 1 no…

    ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/17/02826
  4. 2014
    3 Feb

    Outline planning application (all matters reserved) severance of garden for erection of a dwelling and…

    ApprovedOutline Planning Application0338/14
  5. 2006
    19 Oct

    Proposed removal of existing Bay Window and new Garden Room Extension

    WithdrawnFull Planning Application2696/06
  6. 2006
    19 Oct

    Proposed removal of existing bay window and new garden room extension.

    WithdrawnListed building consent2695/06/LB

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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