Saxmundham Railway Station Station Approach Saxmundham Suffolk
Approved on 15 January 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Use (Proposed) - Remodelling and surface expansion of the car park
- Received
- 22 November 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Saxmundham
- ReceivedReceived22 Nov
- ValidatedValidated22 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Dec
- TargetTarget Date16 Jan
- DecidedDecided15 Jan
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Saxmundham Railway Station Station Approach Saxmundham Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Saxmundham.
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
- Lawful Development Certificate(Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saxmundham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 November 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 17 December 2019
- Consultation start
- 26 November 2019
- Consultation end
- 17 December 2019
- Last date for comments
- 17 December 2019
- Target decision date
- 16 January 2020
- Permission expires
- 15 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mott MacDonald
- Agent address
- 35 Newhall Street Birmingham B3 3PU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 21
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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.
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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: East Suffolk
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Consultants on this application
- Mott MacDonald Limited · Agent for this application
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