Mallard House The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EE
Approved on 12 May 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
Proposal
Householder Application - Conversion of existing garaging and single storey rear extension to provide ground floor accessible bedroom and bathroom, with associated works
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Gislingham
- Agent
- Nick Barber Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated3 Mar
- Consult.Consultation11 May
- TargetTarget Date20 May
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Mallard House The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EE. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 8 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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.
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
- IP23 8EE
- Application type
- Householder Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Mellis
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 28 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 12 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Nick Barber Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- NICK BARBER ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Nick Barber Architects Ltd 42 Kirby Rise Barham IPSWICH IP6 0AX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 78 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 13 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 3 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14648418
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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