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Treetops 5 Victoria Terrace Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5QA

DC/23/04892Householder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 22 December 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder Application- Conversion of existing garage/cart lodge to include residential accommodation with garage ancillary to the main dwelling, as per Design and Access Statement (Retention of)

Received
18 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
11
Ward
Fressingfield
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Treetops 5 Victoria Terrace Fressingfield Eye Suffolk IP21 5QA. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Fressingfield conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Fressingfield. We hold 673 applications in total for the IP21 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
IP21 5QA
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fressingfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2023
Consultation expiry
20 December 2023
Consultation start
29 November 2023
Consultation end
20 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start
31 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
21 November 2023
Last date for comments
20 December 2023
Target decision date
11 December 2023
Permission expires
22 December 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
29 November 2023
Site notice start
6 November 2023
Site notice end
27 November 2023

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Fressingfield
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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

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© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    27 Oct

    Householder Application - Erection of a single-storey rear conservatory.

    PendingApplicationDC/26/04610

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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