Willow Lodge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EF
Approved on 30 October 2018
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Householder Planning Application - Erection of extension
- Received
- 6 September 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived6 Sep
- ValidatedValidated7 Sep
- Consult.Consultation28 Sep
- TargetTarget Date19 Oct
- DecidedDecided30 Oct
Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Willow Lodge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EF. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham. 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 8EF
- Application type
- Householder Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 September 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 25 October 2018
- Consultation start
- 7 September 2018
- Consultation end
- 28 September 2018
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 September 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 September 2018
- Last date for comments
- 25 October 2018
- Target decision date
- 19 October 2018
- Permission expires
- 30 October 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Bellrope View Rectory Road Shelfanger Diss IP22 2DQ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 4 October 2018
- Site notice end
- 25 October 2018
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Mellis
- 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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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Associated applications
- 201910 May
Non Material Amendment to DC/18/04033
ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentDC/19/02285 - 20186 Sep
Householder Planning Application - Erection of extension
This applicationApprovedFullDC/18/04033
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20261 Jun
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1 Willow tree to be re-pollarded as too big for area…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/26/02287 - 201920 May
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - T1 (Ash) - Fell. T2 (Ash) - Fell. T3 (Eucalyptus)…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/19/02458
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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