Ferry Tower The Ferry Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 9RZ
Approved on 21 April 2017
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
The removal of an existing delapidated static caravan and the erection of a single storey timber frame bunk house for the sole use of the applicant and their family. The building will be constructed in the same fashion as the existing property, timber frame & boarded with cedar shingle roof covering.
- Received
- 24 February 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Eastern Felixstowe
- ReceivedReceived24 Feb
- ValidatedValidated16 Mar
- Consult.Consultation7 Apr
- TargetTarget Date10 May
- DecidedDecided21 Apr
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Ferry Tower The Ferry Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 9RZ. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Eastern Felixstowe. We hold 674 applications in total for the IP11 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
- IP11 9RZ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Felixstowe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 March 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 19 April 2017
- Consultation start
- 17 March 2017
- Consultation end
- 7 April 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 March 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 April 2017
- Last date for comments
- 19 April 2017
- Target decision date
- 10 May 2017
- Decision issued
- 24 April 2017
- Permission expires
- 24 April 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 12 High Street Stetchworth Newmarket CB8 9TJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 30 March 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 April 2017
- Site notice start
- 23 March 2017
- Site notice end
- 12 April 2017
Additional information
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
- Heritage coast: Suffolk
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 (18)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: East Suffolk
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