Elm Farm Somersham Road Little Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4NF

DC/24/03787Full App Without Compliance of ConditionApproved

Full

Approved on 24 October 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application under S73a for the Removal or variation of a Condition following grant of DC/23/00639 dated 28/07/2024 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) - Erection of 3No dwellings and new vehicular access (following demolition of barns previously approved under Class Q DC/22/01800). To vary Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents) as per application form and revised plans.

Received: 24 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Bramford & Blakenham
Agent: Peter Wells Architects Limited

ReceivedReceived24 Aug
ValidatedValidated27 Aug
Consult.Consultation25 Sep
TargetTarget Date17 Oct
DecidedDecided24 Oct

Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Elm Farm Somersham Road Little Blakenham Ipswich Suffolk IP8 4NF. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 2,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Bramford & Blakenham. We hold 519 applications in total for the IP8 postcode area.

95% of conditions 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: IP8 4NF
Application type: Full App Without Compliance of Condition
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Little Blakenham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 August 2024
Consultation expiry: 25 September 2024
Consultation start: 28 August 2024
Consultation end: 25 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 27 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 17 September 2024
Last date for comments: 25 September 2024
Target decision date: 17 October 2024
Permission expires: 24 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: Peter Wells Architects Limited
Architect profile: PETER WELLS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: Ferry Quay House Ferry Quay Woodbridge IP12 1BW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 51 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 4 September 2024
Advertisement expiry: 25 September 2024
Site notice start: 28 August 2024
Site notice end: 18 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13357928
Documents: 13
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2023
24 Mar
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/22/02385
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/23/01447

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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