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Willowsby Willow Lodge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EF

DC/23/00331Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 April 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full Planning Application - Change of use of the annexe known as Willowsby associated with the property Willow Lodge to short term residential let.

Received
23 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Gislingham
Agent
Parker Planning Services
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 72 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Willowsby Willow Lodge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EF. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8EF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2023
Consultation expiry
3 March 2023
Consultation start
24 January 2023
Consultation end
23 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end
15 February 2023
Last date for comments
3 March 2023
Target decision date
3 April 2023
Permission expires
6 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Parker Planning Services
Agent address
Parker Planning Services Spire House 13-15 Cathedral Street Norwich NR1 1LU

Planning decision

Statutory period
69 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 February 2023
Advertisement expiry
22 February 2023
Site notice start
10 February 2023
Site notice end
3 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11857748
Documents
11
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mellis
  • 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.

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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