5 Old School Drive Reydon Southwold Suffolk IP18 6JZ
Refused on 25 October 2018
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Single storey loft conversion with front and rear dormers to match adjacent and surrounding buildings. Dormers to be constructed of brick to match existing brick type of building and a asphalt flat roof. Dormers to be constructed no higher than existing ridge height. Loft conversion to be an additional bedroom with ensuite.
- Received
- 10 September 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Southwold
- ReceivedReceived10 Sep
- ValidatedValidated10 Sep
- Consult.Consultation3 Oct
- TargetTarget Date4 Nov
- DecidedDecided25 Oct
Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 5 Old School Drive Reydon Southwold Suffolk IP18 6JZ. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Southwold. We hold 548 applications in total for the IP18 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
- IP18 6JZ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Reydon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 September 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 10 October 2018
- Consultation start
- 12 September 2018
- Consultation end
- 3 October 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 October 2018
- Last date for comments
- 10 October 2018
- Target decision date
- 4 November 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 15 Brookfield Road Edmonton London N90DL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 19 September 2018
- Site notice end
- 10 October 2018
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, 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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Source: East Suffolk
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