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First Floor The Old Post Office 48 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1DF

DC/20/1896/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 8 July 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The installation of 3 No. air source heat pump units mounted on the flat roof.

Received
22 May 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Saxmundham
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.25 Jun
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at First Floor The Old Post Office 48 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1DF. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than East Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 12 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 1DF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saxmundham

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2020
Last date for comments
25 June 2020
Target decision date
20 July 2020
Permission expires
8 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
EDRM
Architect profile
EDRM LIMITED
Agent address
11A Eagle Street Ipswich Suffolk IP4 1JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: SaxmundhamPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 46, High StreetOn or next to this site

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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    26 Jul

    Installation of three air source heat pumps on roof plant room. Wall mounted (North and West) elevations. The…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/23/2960/FUL
  2. 2022
    2 Mar

    It is proposed to remove panes of glass from two windows on the ground floor northwest elevation. Two…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/22/0839/FUL
  3. 2022
    15 Feb

    T1 Ash - Crown lift to 5m and cut back from building to give 1.5m clearance. G1 Mixed broadleaves - lift…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/22/0613/TCA
  4. 2021
    13 Apr

    Siting of 2Nr 20ft storage/shipping containers on the land to the rear of the Telephone Exchange at…

    PendingFull ApplicationDC/21/1797/FUL
  5. 2020
    13 Nov

    It is proposed to remove four panes of glass from windows on the ground floor southwest elevation. Four…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/20/4587/FUL
  6. 2009
    24 Jul

    Change of use from Class A1 (retail use) to Class B1 (office use).

    ApprovedFull ApplicationC/09/1136

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