The Old Forge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB

DC/26/01030Discharge of Condition(s)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05185 - Conditions 3 (Timber Frame) and 4 (Proposed Build Up)

Received: 10 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Babergh District Council
Ward: Gislingham

ReceivedReceived10 Mar
ValidatedValidated11 Mar
Consult.Consultation1 Apr
TargetTarget Date22 Apr
DecidedDecided1 Apr

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The Old Forge The Common Mellis Eye Suffolk IP23 8EB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 2,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Mellis conservation area, with 3 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.

95% of conditions 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: Discharge of Condition(s)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 1 April 2026
Consultation start: 11 March 2026
Consultation end: 1 April 2026
Last date for comments: 1 April 2026
Target decision date: 22 April 2026
Permission expires: 1 April 2031

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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14770129
Documents: 8
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Mellis
Listed building: Grade II: The Old ForgeOn this site · +1 more
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

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10 Mar
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05185
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2025
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ApprovedListed building consentPart ofDC/25/05185

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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