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28 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AB

DC/19/2896/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 October 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reconfiguration of existing part ground floor commercial premises (with existing residential dwelling behind and above) to commercial premises only at ground level (including use of the existing courtyard as an outside seating area associated with the commercial use) and holiday let use above as indicated on the submitted plans.

Received
22 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saxmundham
Agent
Paul Merrett Planning
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 28 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AB. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 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
22 July 2019
Consultation expiry
23 August 2019
Consultation start
2 August 2019
Consultation end
14 August 2019
Neighbour consultation end
14 August 2019
Last date for comments
23 August 2019
Target decision date
15 September 2019
Permission expires
2 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Merrett Planning
Agent address
25 Long Avenue Saxmundham IP17 1WG

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 August 2019
Advertisement expiry
22 August 2019
Site notice start
2 August 2019
Site notice end
23 August 2019

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Conservation area: Saxmundham
  • Listed building: Grade II: 28 and 30, High StreetOn or next to this site · +4 more

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. 2021
    28 Apr

    Variation of Condition No 5 of DC/19/2896/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/21/2075/VOC
  2. 2019
    22 Jul

    Reconfiguration of existing part ground floor commercial premises (with existing residential dwelling behind…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/19/2896/FUL
  3. 2019
    22 Jul

    Listed Building Consent - Reconfiguration of existing part ground floor commercial premises (with existing…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/19/2897/LBC

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