Allens Cottage Sudbury Road Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5JT

DC/25/01351Householder Planning ApplicationApproved

Householder

Approved on 19 May 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Householder Application - Partial demolition of existing garage and proposed rebuild to create usable rooms.

Received: 23 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Bures St Mary & Nayland
Agent: A & P Designs Ltd

ReceivedReceived23 Mar
ValidatedValidated24 Mar
Consult.Consultation14 Apr
TargetTarget Date5 May
DecidedDecided19 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Allens Cottage Sudbury Road Bures St Mary Bures Suffolk CO8 5JT. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 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 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Bures St Mary & Nayland. We hold 165 applications in total for the CO8 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: CO8 5JT
Application type: Householder Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bures St Mary

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 March 2025
Consultation expiry: 23 April 2025
Consultation start: 24 March 2025
Consultation end: 14 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 25 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 15 April 2025
Last date for comments: 23 April 2025
Target decision date: 5 May 2025
Permission expires: 19 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: A & P Designs Ltd
Agent address: 116 Oak Road Rivenhall CM8 3HG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 1 April 2025
Advertisement expiry: 22 April 2025
Site notice start: 2 April 2025
Site notice end: 23 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13865769
Documents: 15
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Allens FarmhouseOn this site
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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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Associated applications

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Householder Application - Partial demolition of existing garage and proposed rebuild to create usable rooms.
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23 Mar
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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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