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Chimneys Hall Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9JR

DC/20/05681Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 15 February 2021

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning Application - Change of Use of Class A1 Retail (Ground Floor) to form additional C3 accommodation (to existing dwelling unit) and alterations to west elevation (following removal of chilling unit)

Received
11 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Long Melford
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target8 Feb
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Chimneys Hall Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9JR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Long Melford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 9JR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Long Melford

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2020
Consultation expiry
23 February 2021
Consultation start
2 February 2021
Consultation end
23 February 2021
Neighbour consultation start
16 December 2020
Neighbour consultation end
6 January 2021
Last date for comments
14 February 2021
Target decision date
8 February 2021
Permission expires
15 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 2/3 Milestone Hall Street Long Melford Suffolk CO10 9HZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 December 2020
Advertisement expiry
12 January 2021
Site notice start
30 December 2020
Site notice end
20 January 2021

Additional information

Documents
31
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Long Melford
  • Listed building: Grade II: ChimneysOn this site · +1 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    11 Dec

    Planning Application - Change of Use of Class A1 Retail (Ground Floor) to form additional C3 accommodation…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/20/05681
  2. 2020
    11 Dec

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Internal alterations as detailed in the schedule of works to…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/20/05684

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