Smythes Barn Low Road Sweffling Suffolk IP17 2BB
Approved on 12 October 2015
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Extension to existing outbuilding to form larger annex to main dwelling
- Received
- 18 August 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Framlingham
- Agent
- Peter Wells Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived18 Aug
- ValidatedValidated19 Aug
- Consult.Consultation18 Sep
- TargetTarget Date13 Oct
- DecidedDecided12 Oct
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Smythes Barn Low Road Sweffling Suffolk IP17 2BB. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 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.
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
- IP17 2BB
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sweffling
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 August 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 18 September 2015
- Consultation start
- 28 August 2015
- Consultation end
- 18 September 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 September 2015
- Last date for comments
- 17 September 2015
- Target decision date
- 13 October 2015
- Decision issued
- 13 October 2015
- Permission expires
- 13 October 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Peter Wells Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- PETER WELLS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Office Farm Letheringham Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 7RA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 28 August 2015
- Site notice end
- 17 September 2015
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04432729
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 22
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: East Suffolk
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