Downs Garage Southgate Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9HU

DC/19/05843Full Planning ApplicationWithdrawn

Full

Withdrawn on 3 September 2020

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Planning Application - Erection of 4no dwellings and 12no flats, including affordable dwellings and new footpath link.

Received: 17 December 2019
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 18
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Long Melford
Agent: portland planning

ReceivedReceived17 Dec
ValidatedValidated18 Dec
Consult.Consultation25 Aug
TargetTarget Date23 Sep
DecidedDecided3 Sep

Decided in 260 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Downs Garage Southgate Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9HU. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 261 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Long Melford. We hold 3,165 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 9HU
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 12
Parish: Long Melford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 December 2019
Consultation expiry: 25 August 2020
Consultation start: 9 September 2020
Consultation end: 25 August 2020
Neighbour consultation start: 9 September 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 8 January 2020
Last date for comments: 1 September 2020
Target decision date: 23 September 2020
Permission expires: 3 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: portland planning
Agent address: Manor Cottage The Street Brundish Suffolk IP13 8BL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 280 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 24 December 2019
Advertisement expiry: 14 January 2020
Site notice start: 2 January 2020
Site notice end: 23 January 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08374214
Documents: 96
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Local nature reserve: The Railway WalksPart of the site
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, conservation 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, 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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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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