Post Office Cottage The Street Wenhaston With Mells Hamlet Suffolk IP19 9DP
Approved on 8 October 2007
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change Of Use from retail to residential use to be used in association with the existing residential use of the premises
- Received
- 7 August 2007
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Halesworth And Blything
- ReceivedReceived7 Aug
- ValidatedValidated13 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date8 Oct
- DecidedDecided8 Oct
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Post Office Cottage The Street Wenhaston With Mells Hamlet Suffolk IP19 9DP. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Halesworth And Blything. We hold 922 applications in total for the IP19 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
- IP19 9DP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wenhaston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 August 2007
- Consultation start
- 14 August 2007
- Target decision date
- 8 October 2007
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 24 August 2007
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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201226 Jun
Details as required by conditions 2, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 11 of Planning Permission C11/2335
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsC/12/1370 - 201116 Oct
Erection of one, one and a half storey dwelling. Existing garden to be divided, existing vehicle access from…
ApprovedFull ApplicationC/11/2335 - 20111 Jul
Erection of one one & a half storey dwelling. Existing garden to be divided, existing vehicle access from the…
WithdrawnFull ApplicationC/11/1509
Source: East Suffolk
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