Skinners Cottage Skinners Lane Metfield Harleston Suffolk IP20 0LH
Approved on 2 May 2025
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/04060 - Condition 4 (Landscaping Scheme), Condition 8 (Biodiversity Enhancement Layout), Condition 12 (Highways - Parking Areas), Condition 13 (Highways - Cycle Storage), Condition 14 (Highways - EV Charging) and Condition 15 (Highways (Refuse and Recycling Bins)
- Received
- 17 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Fressingfield
- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation18 Apr
- TargetTarget Date16 May
- DecidedDecided2 May
Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Skinners Cottage Skinners Lane Metfield Harleston Suffolk IP20 0LH. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 2,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Fressingfield. We hold 339 applications in total for the IP20 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
- IP20 0LH
- Application type
- Discharge of Condition(s)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Metfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 April 2025
- Consultation start
- 4 April 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 April 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 16 May 2025
- Permission expires
- 2 May 2030
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 71 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13782215
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 3
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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202611 Sep
Full Planning Application - Demolition of existing garage / workshop and erection of 1no. single storey…
PendingApplicationDC/26/03645 - 202615 May
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/03185
PendingDischarge of conditionsDC/26/02072 - 20262 Feb
Discharge of Conditions Application for 4215/16
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/00420
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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