Freyers Wickham Road Finningham IP14 4HT

DC/25/00454Full Planning ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 6 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Planning Application. Change of use of Holiday Let to 1no dwellinghouse

Received: 30 January 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Bacton
Agent: Studio Charrette

ReceivedReceived30 Jan
ValidatedValidated11 Mar
Consult.Consultation9 Apr
TargetTarget Date22 Apr
DecidedDecided6 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Freyers Wickham Road Finningham IP14 4HT. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 7 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Finningham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Bacton. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the IP14 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: IP14 4HT
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Finningham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 March 2025
Consultation expiry: 9 April 2025
Consultation start: 11 March 2025
Consultation end: 9 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 12 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 2 April 2025
Last date for comments: 9 April 2025
Target decision date: 22 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Studio Charrette
Architect profile: STUDIO CHARRETTE LIMITED
Agent address: Studio Charrette 50 Grosvenor Hill London W1K 3QT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 March 2025
Advertisement expiry: 9 April 2025
Site notice start: 14 March 2025
Site notice end: 4 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13737178
Documents: 13
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Finningham
Listed building: Grade II: CarpentersOn this site

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.

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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