Fairfield House East Fairfield Drive Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AX
Approved on 24 July 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Glazed link between house and outbuilding; new high level deck within outbuilding roof; replacement roof finish and infilling of valley; replacement windows; re-instatement of chimney
- Received
- 4 June 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Saxmundham
- Agent
- John Bennett Architect
- ReceivedReceived4 Jun
- ValidatedValidated4 Jun
- Consult.Consultation2 Jul
- TargetTarget Date29 Jul
- DecidedDecided24 Jul
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for an outbuilding at Fairfield House East Fairfield Drive Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AX. East Suffolk has handled 515 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 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 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.
99% of heritage 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
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Saxmundham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 June 2020
- Last date for comments
- 2 July 2020
- Target decision date
- 29 July 2020
- Permission expires
- 24 July 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John Bennett Architect
- Agent address
- 1 Barnaby Green Southwold IP18 6AP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 20
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 (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
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20221 Nov
A1 of TPO No. 45 / 1989 1no. Beech (T1 on plan) - Crown reduce in height by 4 metres and in width 2 metres…
ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/22/4316/TPO - 20171 Sep
T1 Salix alba - reduce crown back to previous pollard points to allow better access around property.T2 Fagus…
ApprovedWorks to Trees under TPODC/17/3767/TPO - 201315 Oct
T1-To repollard Willow to previous pollard height. T2-To crown thin beech by 30% to allow more light to…
ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaDC/13/3063/TCA
Source: East Suffolk
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