Meadowbrook Fairfield Drive Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AX
Approved on 22 April 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Ground floor extensions, internal alterations and loft conversion of 2 bedroom bungalow.
- Received
- 3 March 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Saxmundham
- Agent
- Robert Stewart Architects
- ReceivedReceived3 Mar
- ValidatedValidated4 Mar
- Consult.Consultation25 Mar
- TargetTarget Date28 Apr
- DecidedDecided22 Apr
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at Meadowbrook Fairfield Drive Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AX. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1AX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saxmundham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 March 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 2 April 2020
- Consultation start
- 4 March 2020
- Consultation end
- 25 March 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 March 2020
- Last date for comments
- 2 April 2020
- Target decision date
- 28 April 2020
- Permission expires
- 22 April 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Robert Stewart Architects
- Agent address
- Riverbank Church Street Saxmundham IP17 1EP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 March 2020
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 April 2020
- Site notice start
- 9 March 2020
- Site notice end
- 30 March 2020
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 22
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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: East Suffolk
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