Blyth Cottage & Swallow Cottage Market Street Laxfield IP13 8DR
Approved on 15 December 2021
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Householder Application - Construction of new raised flat roof first floor extension (following removal of existing), clad with black stained horizontal boarding and new timber windows and doors.
- Received
- 15 October 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Stradbroke & Laxfield
- Agent
- Hollins Architects & Surveyors
- ReceivedReceived15 Oct
- ValidatedValidated29 Oct
- Consult.Consultation19 Nov
- TargetTarget Date10 Dec
- DecidedDecided15 Dec
Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Blyth Cottage & Swallow Cottage Market Street Laxfield IP13 8DR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Laxfield conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Stradbroke & Laxfield. We hold 1,031 applications in total for the IP13 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
- IP13 8DR
- Application type
- Householder Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Laxfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 October 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 25 November 2021
- Consultation start
- 29 October 2021
- Consultation end
- 19 November 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 November 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 November 2021
- Last date for comments
- 25 November 2021
- Target decision date
- 10 December 2021
- Permission expires
- 15 December 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hollins Architects & Surveyors
- Agent address
- Hollins Architects & Surveyors The Guildhall Market Hill Framlingham Woodbridge IP13 9BD United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 November 2021
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 November 2021
- Site notice start
- 4 November 2021
- Site notice end
- 25 November 2021
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10274615
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Laxfield
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.
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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