Laxfield Baptist Chapel High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DU

DC/23/03344Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 2 November 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Removal of existing roof coverings and recover using new materials.

Received: 17 July 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Stradbroke & Laxfield
Agent: Hollins Architects & Surveyors

ReceivedReceived17 Jul
ValidatedValidated27 Sep
Consult.Consultation18 Oct
TargetTarget Date8 Nov
DecidedDecided2 Nov

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Laxfield Baptist Chapel High Street Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8DU. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 8 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Laxfield conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Stradbroke & Laxfield. We hold 1,031 applications in total for the IP13 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: IP13 8DU
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Laxfield

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 September 2023
Consultation expiry: 1 November 2023
Consultation start: 27 September 2023
Consultation end: 18 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 28 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 19 October 2023
Last date for comments: 1 November 2023
Target decision date: 8 November 2023
Permission expires: 2 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Hollins Architects & Surveyors
Agent address: The Guildhall Market Hill Framlingham Woodbridge IP13 9BD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 11 October 2023
Advertisement expiry: 1 November 2023
Site notice start: 6 October 2023
Site notice end: 27 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12320164
Documents: 13
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: LaxfieldPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Baptist ChapelOn this site · +2 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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