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Ash Tree Farm The Common Mellis Suffolk IP23 8EB

DC/22/00670Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 5 April 2022

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of a metal rail fence following demolition of existing concrete boundary wall

Received
8 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gislingham
  1. Received8 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided5 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Ash Tree Farm The Common Mellis Suffolk IP23 8EB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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 8EB
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2022
Consultation expiry
9 March 2022
Consultation start
9 February 2022
Consultation end
2 March 2022
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2022
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2022
Last date for comments
9 March 2022
Target decision date
23 March 2022
Permission expires
5 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 February 2022
Advertisement expiry
9 March 2022
Site notice start
15 February 2022
Site notice end
8 March 2022

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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