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Eye Library Buckshorn Lane Eye Suffolk IP23 7AZ

DC/18/02097Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 August 2018

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning Application - Demolition of Library Building and Erection of 2 No. dwellings.

Received
10 May 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
11
Ward
Eye
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 78 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Eye Library Buckshorn Lane Eye Suffolk IP23 7AZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Eye conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Eye. 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 7AZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Eye

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2018
Consultation expiry
1 August 2018
Consultation start
27 July 2018
Consultation end
1 August 2018
Neighbour consultation start
11 July 2018
Neighbour consultation end
1 August 2018
Last date for comments
1 August 2018
Target decision date
26 July 2018
Permission expires
2 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Concertus Design And Property Cons. 8 Russell Road Ipswich IP1 2BBX

Planning decision

Statutory period
71 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 May 2018
Advertisement expiry
13 June 2018
Site notice start
22 May 2018
Site notice end
12 June 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06857098
Documents
38
Constraints
2

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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