26 - 27 Gainsborough Street Sudbury CO10 2EU

DC/23/03122Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 18 September 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Planning Application. Change of use from Class E-Shop to Sui Generis-Drinking establishment, including re-wiring, installation of new hot water cylinder, additional toilet facilities, bar and new signage to front elevation.

Received: 3 July 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 13
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Sudbury South West
Agent: JLR Design & Planning Services

ReceivedReceived3 Jul
ValidatedValidated5 Jul
Consult.Consultation26 Jul
TargetTarget Date12 Sep
DecidedDecided18 Sep

Decided in 75 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 26 - 27 Gainsborough Street Sudbury CO10 2EU. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Sudbury conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Sudbury South West. We hold 3,165 applications in total for the CO10 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: CO10 2EU
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Sudbury

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 July 2023
Consultation expiry: 12 August 2023
Consultation start: 5 July 2023
Consultation end: 26 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 10 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 31 July 2023
Last date for comments: 12 August 2023
Target decision date: 12 September 2023
Decision issued: 19 September 2023
Permission expires: 19 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: JLR Design & Planning Services
Agent address: JLR Design & Planning Services 101 Hawkwood Road Sible Hedingham Halstead CO9 3JS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 69 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 18 July 2023
Advertisement expiry: 8 August 2023
Site notice start: 22 July 2023
Site notice end: 12 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12274929
Documents: 17
Constraints: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Sudbury
Listed building: Grade II: 24-27, Gainsborough StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
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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