Suffolk Wildlife Park Whites Lane Kessingland
Approved on 24 May 2004
Council decision: Application Permitted
Proposal
Construction of a restaurant and train station
- Received
- 29 March 2004
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Kessingland
- ReceivedReceived29 Mar
- ValidatedValidated29 Mar
- Consult.Consultation31 May
- TargetTarget Date24 May
- DecidedDecided24 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Suffolk Wildlife Park Whites Lane Kessingland. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Kessingland.
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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Kessingland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 March 2004
- Consultation expiry
- 31 May 2004
- Consultation start
- 10 May 2004
- Consultation end
- 31 May 2004
- Last date for comments
- 31 May 2004
- Target decision date
- 24 May 2004
- Permission expires
- 24 May 2009
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Chapel House Out Westgate Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3NZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 1
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: East Suffolk
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