Red House & Cocoanut House Hall Street Long Melford CO10 9JQ

DC/24/01496Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 July 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Works to facilitate change of use of front office at first floor level of Cocoanut House to form an additional bedroom to the existing first floor flat at Red House, including internal alterations and introduction of air source heating and cooling system.

Received: 27 March 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Long Melford
Agent: Medusa Design Ltd

ReceivedReceived27 Mar
ValidatedValidated28 Mar
Consult.Consultation24 May
TargetTarget Date19 Jul
DecidedDecided16 Jul

Decided in 110 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at Red House & Cocoanut House Hall Street Long Melford CO10 9JQ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 9 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Long Melford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Long Melford. We hold 3,165 applications in total for the CO10 postcode area.

96% of heritage 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: CO10 9JQ
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Long Melford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 March 2024
Consultation expiry: 24 May 2024
Consultation start: 10 May 2024
Consultation end: 24 May 2024
Last date for comments: 24 May 2024
Target decision date: 19 July 2024
Permission expires: 16 July 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Medusa Design Ltd
Architect profile: MEDUSA DESIGN LTD
Agent address: Medusa Design Ltd Eagle House Sudbury Road Great Whelnetham Bury St Edmunds IP30 0UN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 113 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 9 April 2024
Advertisement expiry: 30 April 2024
Site notice start: 17 April 2024
Site notice end: 8 May 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12929527
Documents: 22
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Long Melford
Listed building: Grade II: Red House and Cocoanut HouseOn 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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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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