The Six Bells Inn High Street Gislingham Suffolk IP23 8JD

DC/21/06315Full Planning ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 23 March 2022

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Change of use of the Six Bells Inn Public House to Veterinary Practice and pet supplies (sui generis). Business proposed to exist on the ground floor level whilst retaining the existing first floor ancillary residential accommodation.

Received: 22 November 2021
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 104
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Gislingham

ReceivedReceived22 Nov
ValidatedValidated23 Nov
Consult.Consultation14 Dec
TargetTarget Date4 Jan
DecidedDecided23 Mar

Decided in 120 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Six Bells Inn High Street Gislingham Suffolk IP23 8JD. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 10 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 8JD
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Gislingham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 November 2021
Consultation expiry: 22 December 2021
Consultation start: 23 November 2021
Consultation end: 14 December 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 24 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 15 December 2021
Last date for comments: 22 December 2021
Target decision date: 4 January 2022
Committee meeting: 23 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 1 December 2021
Advertisement expiry: 22 December 2021
Site notice start: 26 November 2021
Site notice end: 17 December 2021

Appeal

Appeal reference: AP/22/00073
Appeal status: Appeal decided
Appeal result: Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3306727

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 May 2023Dev Type: Major retail and servicesReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09845737
Documents: 102
Constraints: 1

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.

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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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