The Old Rectory Finningham Road Gislingham Eye Suffolk IP23 8JG

DC/22/05618Householder Planning ApplicationApproved

Householder

Approved on 30 December 2022

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Householder Application - Construction of sunken outdoor swimming pool.

Received: 10 November 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Gislingham

ReceivedReceived10 Nov
ValidatedValidated14 Nov
Consult.Consultation22 Dec
TargetTarget Date26 Dec
DecidedDecided30 Dec

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Old Rectory Finningham Road Gislingham Eye Suffolk IP23 8JG. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 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 8JG
Application type: Householder Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Gislingham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 November 2022
Consultation expiry: 22 December 2022
Consultation start: 22 December 2022
Consultation end: 22 December 2022
Neighbour consultation start: 21 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 12 December 2022
Last date for comments: 22 December 2022
Target decision date: 26 December 2022
Permission expires: 30 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 15 Station Crescent Lidlington MK43 0SD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 23 November 2022
Advertisement expiry: 14 December 2022
Site notice start: 22 November 2022
Site notice end: 13 December 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11647067
Documents: 23
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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.

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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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