Castle Hill Farm Castle Hill Thorndon Suffolk IP23 7JT
Refused on 6 January 2021
Planning committee
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Proposal
Full Planning Application - Erection of 3no. poultry houses (following demolition of 3 existing houses) with associated admin block, store, feed bins and alterations to vehicular access (accompanied by an environmental statement)
- Received
- 27 May 2020
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 94
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Mendlesham
- ReceivedReceived27 May
- ValidatedValidated9 Jun
- Consult.Consultation15 Dec
- TargetTarget Date31 Dec
- DecidedDecided6 Jan
Decided in 211 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Castle Hill Farm Castle Hill Thorndon Suffolk IP23 7JT. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 224 days, 25 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Mendlesham. 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 7JT
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Thorndon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 June 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 15 December 2020
- Consultation start
- 24 November 2020
- Consultation end
- 15 December 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 November 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 December 2020
- Last date for comments
- 15 December 2020
- Target decision date
- 31 December 2020
- Committee meeting
- 6 January 2021
- Decision issued
- 7 January 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Northgate Business Centre 10 Northgate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 1HQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 205 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 June 2020
- Advertisement expiry
- 15 July 2020
- Site notice start
- 24 June 2020
- Site notice end
- 15 July 2020
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- AP/21/00002
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08731341
- Documents
- 207
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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 (22)
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, 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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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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