Post Office And General Stores Low Street Hoxne IP21 5AR
Approved on 10 July 2025
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions
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Proposal
Full Planning Application - Change of use from Post Office and General Stores with residential to fully residential with internal alterations to accommodate change.
- Received
- 17 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 9
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Hoxne & Worlingworth
- Agent
- T H Architects
- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated18 Feb
- Consult.Consultation26 Mar
- TargetTarget Date4 Jul
- DecidedDecided10 Jul
Decided in 142 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Post Office And General Stores Low Street Hoxne IP21 5AR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 13 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Hoxne conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Hoxne & Worlingworth. We hold 673 applications in total for the IP21 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
- IP21 5AR
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hoxne
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2025
- Consultation start
- 27 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 26 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 26 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 4 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 10 July 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- T H Architects
- Agent address
- T H Architects 2 Rose Cottage North Green Road Pulham St Mary IP21 4XX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 136 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 March 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 March 2025
- Site notice start
- 27 February 2025
- Site notice end
- 20 March 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13778423
- Documents
- 24
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: HoxnePart of the 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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