Land North Of Cedars Close Occold Suffolk
Refused on 1 November 2023
Council decision: Formal Approval IS required - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (C3) and for building operations reasonably necessary for conversion. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q -Conversion of an agricultural building to form 1No dwelling.
- Received
- 5 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 14
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Eye
- Agent
- Wright Ruffell Cameron Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated6 Sep
- Consult.Consultation27 Sep
- TargetTarget Date18 Oct
- DecidedDecided1 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Land North Of Cedars Close Occold Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 792 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Eye.
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
- Application type
- Prior Approval Agricultural to Dwell
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Occold
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 12 October 2023
- Consultation start
- 6 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 27 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 September 2023
- Last date for comments
- 12 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 18 October 2023
- Permission expires
- 1 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Wright Ruffell Cameron Ltd
- Agent address
- Beaver House Plough Road Centre, Plough Road Great Bentley Colchester CO7 8LG United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 21 September 2023
- Site notice end
- 12 October 2023
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12434918
- Documents
- 23
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202523 Aug
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/05467
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/03749 - 202417 Dec
Planning Application - Conversion of agricultural building to dwelling
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDC/24/05467 - 202124 Feb
Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a Proposed: Change of Use of Agricultural…
WithdrawnPrior Approval Agricultural to DwellDC/21/01109 - 201620 Oct
Alterations to existing outbuilding to main house, including replacement roof and external cladding, to…
ApprovedFull Planning Application4300/16 - 201114 Feb
Erection of a two-bay detached cart-lodge.
ApprovedFull Planning Application0513/11 - 200719 Oct
Change of use of residential dwelling with bed and breakfast facilities to a dwelling for residential use…
ApprovedFull Planning Application3239/07
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