The Swan 9 High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8AL
Refused on 18 April 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation of replacement signage to include 1No double sided pictorial sign using existing bracket, one set of individual letters on locators, 1No Car Park Sign, 1No Amenity Road sign, 1No Door Plaque and refurbish and retain lantern and door plaques including repainting exterior.
- Received
- 22 February 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Needham Market
- ReceivedReceived22 Feb
- ValidatedValidated22 Feb
- Consult.Consultation22 Mar
- TargetTarget Date5 Apr
- DecidedDecided18 Apr
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for signage at The Swan 9 High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8AL. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Needham Market conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Needham Market. We hold 627 applications in total for the IP6 postcode area.
96% of heritage 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
- IP6 8AL
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Needham Market
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 February 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 22 March 2023
- Consultation start
- 22 February 2023
- Consultation end
- 22 March 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 February 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 March 2023
- Last date for comments
- 22 March 2023
- Target decision date
- 5 April 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ashleigh Signs
- Agent address
- Ashleigh House Beckbridge Road Normanton WF6 1TE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 March 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 March 2023
- Site notice start
- 23 February 2023
- Site notice end
- 16 March 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11949274
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Needham Market
- 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 (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.
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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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