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Blackheath Common Blackheath Road Wenhaston With Mells Hamlet Suffolk

DC/16/2791/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 25 August 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of 6 no. touring caravan places with hook-up to 6 no. fixed glamping pods to match those on site in every respect.

Received
6 July 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Halesworth And Blything
Agent
Brooks Architects Ltd
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target30 Aug
  5. Decided25 Aug

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Blackheath Common Blackheath Road Wenhaston With Mells Hamlet Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Halesworth And Blything.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wenhaston

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2016
Consultation expiry
24 August 2016
Consultation start
12 July 2016
Consultation end
24 August 2016
Neighbour consultation end
24 August 2016
Last date for comments
24 August 2016
Target decision date
30 August 2016
Decision issued
26 August 2016
Permission expires
26 August 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Brooks Architects Ltd
Architect profile
BROOKS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
16 Colonial House Leiston Suffolk IP16 4JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 July 2016
Site notice end
8 August 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05296579
Documents
28
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    27 Mar

    Discharge of Conditions No 3 of DC/16/4583/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/18/1308/DRC
  2. 2016
    27 Oct

    Change of design to that approved under DC/16/2791/FUL

    RefusedFull ApplicationRelatedDC/16/4583/FUL
  3. 2016
    6 Jul

    Change of use of 6 no. touring caravan places with hook-up to 6 no. fixed glamping pods to match those on…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/16/2791/FUL

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