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Maple Lodge Gislingham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4HZ

DC/23/01687Outline Planning ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 7 June 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Outline Planning Permission (Access points to be considered, Appearance, Layout, Landscaping and Scale to be reserved) Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Erection of 3No dwellings and garage (following demolition of existing buildings)

Received
5 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Bacton
Agent
Howe and Boosey Architectural Services ltd
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated12 Apr
  3. Consult.10 May
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided7 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Maple Lodge Gislingham Road Finningham Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 4HZ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Bacton. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the IP14 postcode area.

79% of outline 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
IP14 4HZ
Application type
Outline Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Finningham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 April 2023
Consultation expiry
10 May 2023
Consultation start
12 April 2023
Consultation end
10 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
13 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 May 2023
Last date for comments
10 May 2023
Target decision date
24 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Howe and Boosey Architectural Services ltd
Agent address
28 Julian Road Spixworth Norwich NR10 3QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/23/00064
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3325321
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 14 December 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12075427
Documents
63
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

© 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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