2 Pump Lane Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8FA

DC/24/04473Householder Planning ApplicationApproved

Householder

Approved on 5 December 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Householder Application - Construction of 28No. Solar Panels and EV charging point.

Received: 8 October 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Stradbroke & Laxfield

ReceivedReceived8 Oct
ValidatedValidated1 Nov
Consult.Consultation4 Dec
TargetTarget Date13 Dec
DecidedDecided5 Dec

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at 2 Pump Lane Laxfield Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 8FA. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Laxfield conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Stradbroke & Laxfield. We hold 1,031 applications in total for the IP13 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: IP13 8FA
Application type: Householder Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Laxfield

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 November 2024
Consultation expiry: 4 December 2024
Consultation start: 13 November 2024
Consultation end: 4 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 1 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 22 November 2024
Last date for comments: 4 December 2024
Target decision date: 13 December 2024
Permission expires: 5 December 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 13 November 2024
Advertisement expiry: 4 December 2024
Site notice start: 5 November 2024
Site notice end: 26 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13469064
Documents: 13
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: LaxfieldPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Suffolk HouseOn or next to this site · +1 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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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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