White House Cottage The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB

DC/21/00620Householder Planning ApplicationApproved

Householder

Approved on 12 March 2021

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Householder Planning Application - Erection of a ground floor rear extension.

Received: 2 February 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Gislingham

ReceivedReceived2 Feb
ValidatedValidated3 Feb
Consult.Consultation26 Feb
TargetTarget Date17 Mar
DecidedDecided12 Mar

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at White House Cottage The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham. 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 8EB
Application type: Householder Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 February 2021
Consultation expiry: 8 March 2021
Consultation start: 3 February 2021
Consultation end: 26 February 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 4 February 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 25 February 2021
Last date for comments: 8 March 2021
Target decision date: 17 March 2021
Permission expires: 12 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Whitworth
Agent address: 18 Hatter Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 1NE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 10 February 2021
Advertisement expiry: 3 March 2021
Site notice start: 15 February 2021
Site notice end: 8 March 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09474582
Comments: 0
Documents: 9
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Mellis
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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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