Falcon House The Common Mellis IP23 8DS
Approved on 5 January 2017
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of rear extension & front porch. Erection of single storey rear extension & new front porch structure. Application of insulated render system to existing walls. Replacement window & door units to existing house.
- Received
- 8 November 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived8 Nov
- ValidatedValidated9 Nov
- Consult.Consultation16 Dec
- TargetTarget Date4 Jan
- DecidedDecided5 Jan
Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Falcon House The Common Mellis IP23 8DS. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Gislingham. We hold 1,283 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 8DS
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 November 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 22 December 2016
- Consultation start
- 25 November 2016
- Consultation end
- 16 December 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 November 2016
- Last date for comments
- 16 December 2016
- Target decision date
- 4 January 2017
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 30 November 2016
- Site notice start
- 1 December 2016
- Site notice end
- 22 December 2016
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 (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.
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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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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