Land To The East Of The Barn, Assington Barns The Street Assington CO10 5LW

DC/21/00510Outline Planning ApplicationRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 21 May 2021

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Outline planning application (all matters reserved, access to be considered) Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Erection of 4No two bed almshouse type units for older persons.

Received: 26 January 2021
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 13
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Assington

ReceivedReceived26 Jan
ValidatedValidated27 Jan
Consult.Consultation17 Feb
TargetTarget Date10 Mar
DecidedDecided21 May

Decided in 114 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To The East Of The Barn, Assington Barns The Street Assington CO10 5LW. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 9 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 54 applications across Assington. We hold 3,165 applications in total for the CO10 postcode area.

79% of outline 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 5LW
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Assington

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 January 2021
Consultation expiry: 23 February 2021
Consultation start: 27 January 2021
Consultation end: 17 February 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 28 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 18 February 2021
Last date for comments: 23 February 2021
Target decision date: 10 March 2021
Committee meeting: 19 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent: Stanfords
Agent address: Stanfords The Livestock Market Wyncolls Road Colchester CO4 9HU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 2 February 2021
Advertisement expiry: 23 February 2021
Site notice start: 29 January 2021
Site notice end: 19 February 2021

Appeal

Appeal reference: AP/21/00109
Appeal status: Appeal decided
Appeal result: Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3287380

Unknown

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 July 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09452003
Documents: 63
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (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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