United Reform Church School Street Sudbury Suffolk CO10 2HA

DC/19/02863Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 8 November 2019

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Planning Application. Change of use of the United Reform Church into a multi-use community facility

Received: 14 June 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Sudbury South West
Agent: KLH Architects Ltd

ReceivedReceived14 Jun
ValidatedValidated15 Jun
Consult.Consultation8 Oct
TargetTarget Date1 Nov
DecidedDecided8 Nov

Decided in 146 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at United Reform Church School Street Sudbury Suffolk CO10 2HA. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 14 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Sudbury conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Sudbury South West. We hold 3,166 applications in total for the CO10 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: CO10 2HA
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Sudbury

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 June 2019
Consultation expiry: 8 October 2019
Consultation start: 24 September 2019
Consultation end: 8 October 2019
Neighbour consultation start: 19 June 2019
Neighbour consultation end: 10 July 2019
Last date for comments: 8 October 2019
Target decision date: 1 November 2019
Permission expires: 8 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent: KLH Architects Ltd
Architect profile: KLH ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: The Old Steelyard Poplar Lane Sproughton Ipswich IP8 3HL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 139 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 21 June 2019
Site notice end: 12 July 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07891497
Comments: 0
Documents: 18
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Sudbury
Listed building: Grade II: Hive Community HubOn this site · +3 more
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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Associated applications

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2019
14 Jun
Planning Application. Change of use of the United Reform Church into a multi-use community facility
This applicationApprovedFullDC/19/02863

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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