Abbey Farm Bury Road Cockfield Bury St Edmunds IP30 0LB
Approved on 25 April 2017
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of existing barn to 1 dwelling, raise eave height of single storey projections and rear lean-to and erection of lean to extension to existing barn. Convert Stable & link to barn. Erection of cartlodge & stables. Increase garden curtilage.
- Received
- 27 February 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- North Cosford
- ReceivedReceived27 Feb
- ValidatedValidated28 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date11 Apr
- DecidedDecided25 Apr
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Abbey Farm Bury Road Cockfield Bury St Edmunds IP30 0LB. 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 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across North Cosford. We hold 1,122 applications in total for the IP30 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
- IP30 0LB
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Cockfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 February 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 11 April 2017
- Consultation start
- 9 March 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 March 2017
- Target decision date
- 11 April 2017
- Decision issued
- 26 April 2017
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 21 March 2017
- Site notice end
- 11 April 2017
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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Associated applications
- 20211 Jun
Discharge of Conditions Application for B/17/00379
RefusedDischarge of conditionsDC/21/03152 - 201926 Feb
Non Material Amendment to B/17/00379
ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentDC/19/00940 - 201727 Feb
Conversion of existing barn to 1 dwelling, raise eave height of single storey projections and rear lean-to…
This applicationApprovedFullB/17/00379
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20168 Aug
Notification under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order…
ApprovedPrior Approval Agricultural to DwellB/16/01107 - 201326 Sep
Application for Certificate for lawfulness of an existing use - Use of building as single dwelling house.
ApprovedLawful Development Certificate ExistingB/13/01143 - 201325 Sep
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness of an Existing Use - use of land as garden land
ApprovedLawful Development Certificate ExistingB/13/01160 - 201324 Sep
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness of an Existing Use - Erection of outbuilding
ApprovedLawful Development Certificate ExistingB/13/01153
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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