16 Elm Lane Capel St Mary Suffolk IP9 2HS
Approved on 28 January 2022
Council decision: Was LawfulLegal
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Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development. Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Section 192 as amended by section 10 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991. Town and Country (Planning and Compensation Procedure) (England) Order 2015 - Erection of single storey side extension; Construction of rear dormer extension and insertion of roof windows to front elevation in conjunction with loft conversion.
- Received
- 10 December 2021
- Decision level
- Legal
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Capel St Mary
- Agent
- Optimum Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated11 Dec
- Consult.Consultation31 Dec
- TargetTarget Date21 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey side extension at 16 Elm Lane Capel St Mary Suffolk IP9 2HS. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Capel St Mary. We hold 834 applications in total for the IP9 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
- IP9 2HS
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Capel St Mary
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 December 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 31 December 2021
- Consultation start
- 10 December 2021
- Consultation end
- 31 December 2021
- Last date for comments
- 31 December 2021
- Target decision date
- 21 February 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Optimum Architecture Ltd
- Agent address
- Nags Corner Nayland Nr Colchester CO6 4LT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 72 days
Site constraints
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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