Elm House Low Road Sweffling

C/02/0901Full ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 28 August 2002

Council decision: Application Refused

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of two-storey side extension

Received: 6 June 2002
Council: East Suffolk Council
Ward: Hacheston

ReceivedReceived6 Jun
ValidatedValidated19 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date1 Aug
DecidedDecided28 Aug

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at Elm House Low Road Sweffling. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,357 applications in total for the IP17 postcode area.

93% of full applications at East Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: IP17 2BB
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Sweffling

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 June 2002
Target decision date: 1 August 2002

Planning decision

Statutory period: 43 days

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2003
17 Feb
Erection of two-storey side extension
ApprovedFull ApplicationC/03/0357

Source: East Suffolk

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