The Old Forge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB
Approved on 15 January 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
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Proposal
Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement of removed cementitious render with horizontal timber weatherboarding.
- Received
- 25 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- ReceivedReceived25 Nov
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Dec
- TargetTarget Date7 Jan
- DecidedDecided15 Jan
Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at The Old Forge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham. We hold 1,281 applications in total for the IP23 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
- IP23 8EB
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 2 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 15 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Gateley Smithers Purslow
- Agent address
- Glaston Hall Spring Lane Glaston Oakham LE15 9BZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 12 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 2 January 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Mellis
- 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 (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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Associated applications
- 202610 Mar
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05185
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/01030 - 202525 Nov
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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20257 Oct
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/04585
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/04446 - 202512 Mar
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/04585
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/25/01134 - 202415 Oct
Application for Listed Building Consent - Replacement of cracked and damaged cement render with lime render
ApprovedListed building consentDC/24/04585 - 202317 Apr
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1No. Ash (T2) to near ground level and treat…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/23/01815 - 202320 Mar
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 1No. Fig (T1), Fell 1No. Spruce (T2)
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con AreaDC/23/01368 - 20094 Feb
To crown lift and thin two mature ash trees (A & B) by approx 25%.
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con Area0321/09 - 20065 Dec
1. Large Ash Tree near House - Remove one trunk and keep new growth trimmed. Canopy reduce remaining trunk by…
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con Area3129/06 - 200431 Dec
Canopy lift and reshape two ashtrees by 25%.
ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con Area0128/05/
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- Gateley Capitus Ltd · Agent for this application
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