Downs Garage Southgate Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9HU

DC/20/04906Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 3 June 2021

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Residential Development for 9 No. Dwellings and creation of footpath.

Received: 2 November 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 7
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Long Melford
Agent: portland planning

ReceivedReceived2 Nov
ValidatedValidated13 Nov
Consult.Consultation21 May
TargetTarget Date4 Jun
DecidedDecided3 Jun

Decided in 202 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. This one was decided in 213 days, 23 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Long Melford. 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 9HU
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Long Melford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 November 2020
Consultation expiry: 21 May 2021
Consultation start: 7 May 2021
Consultation end: 21 May 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 16 November 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 7 December 2020
Last date for comments: 21 May 2021
Target decision date: 4 June 2021
Permission expires: 3 June 2024

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 203 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 24 November 2020
Advertisement expiry: 15 December 2020
Site notice start: 25 November 2020
Site notice end: 16 December 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09177811
Documents: 79
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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Associated applications

2022
31 Mar
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/20/04906
RefusedDischarge of conditionsDC/22/01704
2020
2 Nov
Full Planning Application - Residential Development for 9 No. Dwellings and creation of footpath.
This applicationApprovedFullDC/20/04906

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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