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30 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AB

DC/17/1366/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 6 March 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Subdivision of residential unit above and behind shop to provide 3 flats in place of 2

Received
30 March 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saxmundham
Agent
Brooks Architects Ltd
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated19 Apr
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 321 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 30 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AB. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 341 days, 41 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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 1AB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saxmundham

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 April 2017
Consultation expiry
24 November 2017
Consultation start
10 November 2017
Consultation end
24 November 2017
Neighbour consultation start
20 April 2017
Neighbour consultation end
24 November 2017
Last date for comments
24 November 2017
Target decision date
13 June 2017
Decision issued
7 March 2018
Permission expires
7 March 2021

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 April 2017
Advertisement expiry
17 May 2017
Site notice start
28 April 2017
Site notice end
18 May 2017

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    30 Mar

    Subdivision of residential unit above and behind shop to provide 3 flats in place of 2

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/17/1366/FUL
  2. 2017
    30 Mar

    Listed Building Consent - Subdivision of residential unit above and behind shop to provide 3 flats in place…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/17/1367/LBC

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    27 Nov

    Change of use from a A1 (retail) to A2 (Estate Agent).

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/14/3902/FUL

Source: East Suffolk

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