The Old Rectory Finningham Road Gislingham Eye Suffolk IP23 8JG

DC/23/04536Householder Planning ApplicationApproved

Householder

Approved on 30 January 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Householder Application - Erection of triple garage with tractor and ancillary store (following demolition of existing log store and garage).

Received: 27 September 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Gislingham

ReceivedReceived27 Sep
ValidatedValidated4 Nov
Consult.Consultation7 Dec
TargetTarget Date26 Jan
DecidedDecided30 Jan

Decided in 87 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Old Rectory Finningham Road Gislingham Eye Suffolk IP23 8JG. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 11 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham. 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 8JG
Application type: Householder Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Gislingham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 November 2023
Consultation expiry: 7 December 2023
Consultation start: 16 November 2023
Consultation end: 7 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 6 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 27 November 2023
Last date for comments: 7 December 2023
Target decision date: 26 January 2024
Permission expires: 30 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 15 Station Crescent Lidlington MK43 0SD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 83 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 15 November 2023
Advertisement expiry: 6 December 2023
Site notice start: 16 November 2023
Site notice end: 7 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12358283
Documents: 17
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

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.

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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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