16 Chapel Street Bildeston Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7EP
Approved on 29 December 2023
Council decision: Was LawfulDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development - Installation of 14No solar panels (1840mmx1030mm) onto the front slope of the double pitched roof facing Chapel street mounted so that the upper surface is less than 200mm above the roof plane and not extending visually beyond the roof plane.
- Received
- 2 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- North West Cosford
- ReceivedReceived2 Nov
- ValidatedValidated7 Nov
- Consult.Consultation28 Nov
- TargetTarget Date21 Nov
- DecidedDecided29 Dec
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at 16 Chapel Street Bildeston Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7EP. 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. The site is in the Bildeston conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across North West Cosford. We hold 480 applications in total for the IP7 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- IP7 7EP
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bildeston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 28 November 2023
- Consultation start
- 7 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 28 November 2023
- Last date for comments
- 28 November 2023
- Target decision date
- 21 November 2023
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 14 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bildeston
- Listed building: Grade II: 25 and 27 (Woolcombers), 31 and 33 Duke StreetOn or next to this site · +3 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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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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