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Ash Tree Farm The Common Mellis

4183/08Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 17 February 2009

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Replace existing modern poor quality lean-to with new lean-to extension to form utility room. Raise existing adjacent lean-to roof to provide new window under eaves. Replace modern softwood painted front door with purpose made oak door.

Received
23 December 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gislingham
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Jan
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at Ash Tree Farm The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days 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 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham.

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
Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2008
Consultation expiry
4 February 2009
Consultation start
9 January 2009
Consultation end
30 January 2009
Last date for comments
30 January 2009
Target decision date
17 February 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 January 2009
Site notice start
12 January 2009
Site notice end
4 February 2009

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00617604
Comments
0
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: MellisPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Ash Tree Farm HouseOn this site · +1 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.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2008
    23 Dec

    Replace existing modern poor quality lean-to with new lean-to extension to form utility room. Raise existing…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongside4182/08
  2. 2008
    23 Dec

    Replace existing modern poor quality lean-to with new lean-to extension to form utility room. Raise existing…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage4183/08

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