4 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1DD
Approved on 21 March 2019
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retail shop and community cafe
- Received
- 23 January 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Saxmundham
- Agent
- Stephen Hart Architects
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation28 Feb
- TargetTarget Date2 Apr
- DecidedDecided21 Mar
Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 4 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1DD. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1DD
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saxmundham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 February 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 28 February 2019
- Consultation start
- 7 February 2019
- Consultation end
- 28 February 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 February 2019
- Last date for comments
- 28 February 2019
- Target decision date
- 2 April 2019
- Permission expires
- 21 March 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Stephen Hart Architects
- Agent address
- 3 Keats Close Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1WJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 February 2019
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 February 2019
- Site notice start
- 7 February 2019
- Site notice end
- 28 February 2019
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Saxmundham
- 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 (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.
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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Source: East Suffolk
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