The Poplars The Causeway Hitcham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7NE
Approved on 15 October 2024
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Householder Application - Erection of two storey and single storey rear extensions (following demolition of conservatory)
- Received
- 24 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- North West Cosford
- Agent
- Meraki and Co Design
- ReceivedReceived24 Aug
- ValidatedValidated27 Aug
- Consult.Consultation17 Sep
- TargetTarget Date8 Oct
- DecidedDecided15 Oct
Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at The Poplars The Causeway Hitcham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 7NE. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 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.
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
- IP7 7NE
- Application type
- Householder Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitcham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 25 September 2024
- Consultation start
- 27 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 17 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 September 2024
- Last date for comments
- 27 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 8 October 2024
- Permission expires
- 15 October 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Meraki and Co Design
- Agent address
- 174 Harwich Road Colchester CO4 3DD United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 September 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 September 2024
- Site notice start
- 4 September 2024
- Site notice end
- 25 September 2024
Site constraints
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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Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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