Poplar Farm Holdens Lane Sweffling Suffolk IP17 2BW
Approved on 8 September 2014
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed Change of Use of a disused Cart Lodge into a 2 bed dwelling
- Received
- 14 July 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Framlingham
- Agent
- Ashton Design Company
- ReceivedReceived14 Jul
- ValidatedValidated14 Jul
- Consult.Consultation1 Sep
- TargetTarget Date7 Sep
- DecidedDecided8 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Poplar Farm Holdens Lane Sweffling Suffolk IP17 2BW. East Suffolk has handled 942 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 83 applications across Framlingham. We hold 1,357 applications in total for the IP17 postcode area.
87% of outline 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 2BW
- Application type
- Part 3 GPDO Prior Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sweffling
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 July 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 4 September 2014
- Consultation start
- 11 August 2014
- Consultation end
- 1 September 2014
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 September 2014
- Last date for comments
- 4 September 2014
- Target decision date
- 7 September 2014
- Permission expires
- 8 September 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ashton Design Company
- Agent address
- 2 Alpha Terrace West Road Ransomes Euro Park Ipswich IP3 9SX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 August 2014
- Site notice end
- 4 September 2014
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 (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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