Former Downs Garage Southgate Street Long Melford Suffolk

DC/23/00659Full App Without Compliance of ConditionApproved

Full

Approved on 12 April 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Application under S73a for the Removal or Variation of Conditions following grant of B/13/00875 and subsequent B/17/00938 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) Erection of 3No Dwellings (following demolition of redundant filling station building) - To vary Condition Numbers: 1 (External Materials), 2 (Highways Access), 4 (Parking), 6 (Surface Water Discharge), 7 (Refuse/Recycling Bins), 13(Hard & Soft Landscaping), 15 (Boundary Enclosures/Surface Finishes), 18 (Approved Plans and Documents) as per Conditions Statement and amended drawings to show revised design and layout.

Received: 9 February 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 6
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Long Melford
Agent: Evolution Town Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived9 Feb
ValidatedValidated10 Feb
Consult.Consultation3 Mar
TargetTarget Date5 Apr
DecidedDecided12 Apr

Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Former Downs Garage Southgate Street Long Melford Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 2,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Long Melford.

95% of conditions 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

Application type: Full App Without Compliance of Condition
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Long Melford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 February 2023
Consultation expiry: 7 March 2023
Consultation start: 10 February 2023
Consultation end: 3 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 13 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 6 March 2023
Last date for comments: 7 March 2023
Target decision date: 5 April 2023
Permission expires: 12 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Evolution Town Planning Ltd
Agent address: Opus House Elm Farm Park Thurston Bury St Edmunds IP31 3SH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 54 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 14 February 2023
Site notice end: 7 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11880266
Documents: 17
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Local nature reserve: The Railway WalksPart of the site
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, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

2023
9 Feb
Application under S73a for the Removal or Variation of Conditions following grant of B/13/00875
This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/23/00659
2018
6 Dec
Discharge of Conditions Application for B/17/00938
RefusedDischarge of conditionsDC/18/05362
2017
3 Apr
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) to vary conditions 2, 7, 9, 10, 12…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part ofB/17/00938

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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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