Leam Cottages Church Street Occold Suffolk
Approved on 7 November 2025
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)13 conditions
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Proposal
Full Planning Application - Erection of 1no. two storey dwelling
- Received
- 21 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Eye
- ReceivedReceived21 Aug
- ValidatedValidated27 Aug
- Consult.Consultation17 Sep
- TargetTarget Date31 Oct
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 72 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Leam Cottages Church Street Occold Suffolk. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Eye.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Occold
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 24 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 27 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 24 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Units A3 The Foundry Russell Gardens Wickford SS11 8BH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 65 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 September 2025
- Site notice end
- 24 September 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14270985
- Documents
- 22
- Constraints
- 1
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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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