Orchard Cottage High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DX

DC/22/06378Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 12 September 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Erection of 1 no. single-storey dwelling attached to a current outbuilding, with access from Flatmans' Lane.

Received: 23 December 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 7
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Stradbroke & Laxfield

ReceivedReceived23 Dec
ValidatedValidated31 Mar
Consult.Consultation11 Jul
TargetTarget Date12 May
DecidedDecided12 Sep

Decided in 165 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Orchard Cottage High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DX. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 263 days, 31 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Laxfield conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications 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 8DX
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Laxfield

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 March 2023
Consultation expiry: 11 July 2023
Consultation start: 20 June 2023
Consultation end: 11 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 3 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 24 April 2023
Last date for comments: 11 July 2023
Target decision date: 12 May 2023
Permission expires: 12 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 12 April 2023
Advertisement expiry: 3 May 2023
Site notice start: 12 April 2023
Site notice end: 3 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11492396
Documents: 37
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Laxfield
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 (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.

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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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