Unit 3 Church Place Retail Park Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1EP
Approved on 29 September 2015
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior Notification - Change of business use from a charity shop to a cafe
- Received
- 12 August 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Saxmundham
- Agent
- Simon Merrett Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived12 Aug
- ValidatedValidated12 Aug
- Consult.Consultation10 Sep
- TargetTarget Date6 Oct
- DecidedDecided29 Sep
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Unit 3 Church Place Retail Park Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1EP. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Saxmundham. 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 1EP
- Application type
- Part 3 GPDO Prior Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saxmundham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 August 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 17 September 2015
- Consultation start
- 20 August 2015
- Consultation end
- 10 September 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 September 2015
- Last date for comments
- 17 September 2015
- Target decision date
- 6 October 2015
- Permission expires
- 29 September 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Simon Merrett Architects Ltd
- Agent address
- The Studio Dutch House Huntingfield Road Leiston Suffolk IP16 4DH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 28 August 2015
- Site notice end
- 17 September 2015
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 20
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Saxmundham
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, 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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: East Suffolk
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