Church Place Retail Park Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1EP
Approved on 13 January 2016
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
2 No painted panel signs
- Received
- 24 November 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Saxmundham
- Agent
- Simon Merrett Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived24 Nov
- ValidatedValidated24 Nov
- Consult.Consultation23 Dec
- TargetTarget Date18 Jan
- DecidedDecided13 Jan
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Church Place Retail Park Church Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1EP. East Suffolk has handled 148 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 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 advertising 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
- Illuminated Advertisement Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saxmundham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 November 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 30 December 2015
- Consultation start
- 2 December 2015
- Consultation end
- 23 December 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 December 2015
- Last date for comments
- 30 December 2015
- Target decision date
- 18 January 2016
- Permission expires
- 13 January 2021
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
- Last advertised
- 10 December 2015
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 December 2015
- Site notice start
- 4 December 2015
- Site notice end
- 24 December 2015
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04654279
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 21
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: East Suffolk
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