Alexandra Wood House Southwell Lane Sotterley Beccles Suffolk NR34 8EZ
Approved on 8 September 2015
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of existing detached garage to form residential (holiday rental accommodation)
- Received
- 8 June 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Bungay And Wainford
- Agent
- Paul Bradley Architecture
- ReceivedReceived8 Jun
- ValidatedValidated14 Jul
- Consult.Consultation21 Aug
- TargetTarget Date7 Sep
- DecidedDecided8 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Alexandra Wood House Southwell Lane Sotterley Beccles Suffolk NR34 8EZ. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Bungay And Wainford. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the NR34 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
- NR34 8EZ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sotterley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 July 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 24 August 2015
- Consultation start
- 31 July 2015
- Consultation end
- 21 August 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 August 2015
- Last date for comments
- 24 August 2015
- Target decision date
- 7 September 2015
- Decision issued
- 11 September 2015
- Permission expires
- 11 September 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Paul Bradley Architecture
- Architect profile
- PAUL BRADLEY LTD
- Agent address
- Brackenside Church Field Palmers Lane Walberswick Suffolk IP18 6TG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 4 August 2015
- Site notice end
- 24 August 2015
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (22)
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Planning history at this site
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