The Woodlands Finningham Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3BQ

DC/25/01329Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 23 May 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent - Re-opening 1No fireplace recess, restoring 1No rooflight to attic rooms, restoring fanlight over front door, repairs to garden wall, internal floor works.

Received: 20 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Walsham-le-Willows
Agent: Adam Power Associates (Rickinghall)

ReceivedReceived20 Mar
ValidatedValidated21 Mar
Consult.Consultation11 Apr
TargetTarget Date23 May
DecidedDecided23 May

Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Woodlands Finningham Road Walsham Le Willows Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3BQ. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Walsham le Willows conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Walsham-le-Willows. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 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: IP31 3BQ
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Walsham Le Willows

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 March 2025
Consultation expiry: 24 April 2025
Consultation start: 21 March 2025
Consultation end: 11 April 2025
Last date for comments: 24 April 2025
Target decision date: 23 May 2025
Permission expires: 23 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Adam Power Associates (Rickinghall)
Agent address: The Old Chapel The Street Rickinghall IP221BN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 63 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 2 April 2025
Advertisement expiry: 23 April 2025
Site notice start: 3 April 2025
Site notice end: 24 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13875297
Documents: 19
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Walsham le Willows
Listed building: Grade II: The WoodlandsOn 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.

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9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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