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White House Farm Athelington Road Southolt IP23 7TN

DC/23/04324Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 29 December 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Application - Installation of Solar Panels on swimming pool area roof and cupboard for operating units.

Received
14 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hoxne & Worlingworth
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided29 Dec

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at White House Farm Athelington Road Southolt IP23 7TN. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 8 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Hoxne & Worlingworth. We hold 1,281 applications in total for the IP23 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
IP23 7TN
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southolt

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2023
Consultation expiry
6 December 2023
Consultation start
14 November 2023
Consultation end
5 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start
2 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
23 November 2023
Last date for comments
6 December 2023
Target decision date
12 December 2023
Permission expires
29 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Stables Bonds Farm Bedfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
6 December 2023
Site notice start
6 November 2023
Site notice end
27 November 2023

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    14 Sep

    Householder Application - Installation of Solar Panels on swimming pool area roof and cupboard for operating…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/23/04324
  2. 2023
    14 Sep

    Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation of Solar Panels on swimming pool area roof and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/23/04328

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