Butterfly Farm Borough Lane Great Finborough
Approved on 16 December 2014
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of existing roof to modern west wing. Extension to rear of west wing with new room in roof. Accommodation over west wing & extension to provide new bedroom accommodation. Re-cladding of west wing in insulation & weatherboarding finish.
- Received
- 20 October 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Onehouse
- ReceivedReceived20 Oct
- ValidatedValidated21 Oct
- Consult.Consultation5 Dec
- TargetTarget Date16 Dec
- DecidedDecided16 Dec
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Butterfly Farm Borough Lane Great Finborough. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Onehouse.
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
- Great Finborough
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 October 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 10 December 2014
- Consultation start
- 15 May 2015
- Consultation end
- 5 December 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 November 2014
- Last date for comments
- 5 December 2014
- Target decision date
- 16 December 2014
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 November 2014
- Site notice start
- 17 November 2014
- Site notice end
- 10 December 2014
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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