Mead Cottage The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8DR
Approved on 28 November 2018
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application for Listed Building Consent - Demolition of rendered masonry extension and rebuilt in oak frame with render finish. Bi - fold doors instead of glazed doors and screens to sun room.
- Received
- 12 October 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived12 Oct
- ValidatedValidated13 Oct
- Consult.Consultation9 Nov
- TargetTarget Date24 Nov
- DecidedDecided28 Nov
Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for demolition at Mead Cottage The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8DR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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.
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
- Postcode
- IP23 8DR
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 October 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 9 November 2018
- Consultation start
- 15 October 2018
- Consultation end
- 9 November 2018
- Last date for comments
- 9 November 2018
- Target decision date
- 24 November 2018
- Permission expires
- 28 November 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Church Farm Barn The Street Thorndon IP23 7JR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 October 2018
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 November 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 May
Notification of works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Reduce 1 No. Conifer (T1) back to boundary, Fell 1…
PendingNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/26/02137 - 201722 Aug
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - Re-pollard to previous pruning points 1 no. Horse Chestnut
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/17/04327
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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