Piggeries Swan Lane Barnby Suffolk
Refused on 29 September 2017
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of agricultural building to a single dwelling
- Received
- 18 August 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Beccles And Worlingham
- ReceivedReceived18 Aug
- ValidatedValidated22 Aug
- Consult.Consultation14 Sep
- TargetTarget Date16 Oct
- DecidedDecided29 Sep
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Piggeries Swan Lane Barnby Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Beccles And Worlingham.
87% of outline 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
- Part 3 GPDO Prior Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barnby
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 August 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 27 September 2017
- Consultation start
- 24 August 2017
- Consultation end
- 14 September 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 September 2017
- Last date for comments
- 27 September 2017
- Target decision date
- 16 October 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Durrants
- Agent address
- Pump Hill House 2B Market Hill Diss Norfolk IP22 4JZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 7 September 2017
- Site notice end
- 27 September 2017
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Allowed with Conditions
Additional information
- Documents
- 27
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202516 Oct
Discharge of Condition Nos 3, 4 (in part), 8, 11 and 15 of DC/23/4869/FUL
Split DecisionDischarge of conditionsDC/25/3985/DRC - 202319 Dec
The demolition and removal of existing agricultural buildings and hardstanding. Modifications to the existing…
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/23/4869/FUL - 202216 Jun
Three detached dwellings with garages and gardens, new access onto the highway, and the removal of existing…
PendingFull ApplicationDC/22/2424/FUL
Source: East Suffolk
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