The Old Forge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB

DC/24/04585Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 11 December 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement of cracked and damaged cement render with lime render

Received: 15 October 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Gislingham

ReceivedReceived15 Oct
ValidatedValidated16 Oct
Consult.Consultation5 Nov
TargetTarget Date27 Nov
DecidedDecided11 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Old Forge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 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 Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham. We hold 1,281 applications in total for the IP23 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: IP23 8EB
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 October 2024
Consultation expiry: 26 November 2024
Consultation start: 15 October 2024
Consultation end: 5 November 2024
Last date for comments: 26 November 2024
Target decision date: 27 November 2024
Permission expires: 11 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Glaston Hall Spring Lane Glaston Oakham LE15 9BZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 23 October 2024
Advertisement expiry: 13 November 2024
Site notice start: 5 November 2024
Site notice end: 26 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13485960
Comments: 0
Documents: 10
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Mellis
Listed building: Grade II: The Old ForgeOn 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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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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