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Barnby Methodist Church The Street Barnby Beccles Suffolk NR34 7QB

DC/20/0145/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 March 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion into a residential dwelling

Received
15 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Beccles And Worlingham
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Barnby Methodist Church The Street Barnby Beccles Suffolk NR34 7QB. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Beccles And Worlingham. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the NR34 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
NR34 7QB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barnby

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2020
Consultation expiry
18 February 2020
Consultation start
22 January 2020
Consultation end
12 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
12 February 2020
Last date for comments
18 February 2020
Target decision date
16 March 2020
Permission expires
24 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Broad Street Bungay Suffolk NR35 1EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 January 2020
Site notice end
18 February 2020

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
17
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    5 Jun

    Variation of Condition Nos. 2 and 4 of DC/21/5646/VOC

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/23/2223/VOC
  2. 2021
    20 Dec

    Variation of Condition(s) 2 & 10 of Planning Permission DC/20/2702/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/21/5646/VOC
  3. 2021
    21 Jun

    1 x Holm Oak - Fell to ground level, tree leans towards the chapel by approx. 20 degrees, with approx. 60% of…

    PendingWorks to Trees under TPODC/21/2970/TPO
  4. 2021
    26 May

    TPO 003/2021 1 x Oak Crown reduce and shape to give clearance to church roof / property 3 x small Elms - Fell…

    WithdrawnWorks to Trees under TPODC/21/2586/TPO
  5. 2020
    20 Jul

    Change the current use of the building to a multi-use residential & commercial property.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/20/2702/FUL
  6. 2016
    1 Jun

    Conversion of methodist church into residential dwelling

    ApprovedChange of UseDC/16/2285/COU

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