Barnby Methodist Church The Street Barnby Beccles Suffolk NR34 7QB
Approved on 18 September 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change the current use of the building to a multi-use residential & commercial property.
- Received
- 20 July 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Beccles And Worlingham
- ReceivedReceived20 Jul
- ValidatedValidated27 Jul
- Consult.Consultation17 Aug
- TargetTarget Date20 Sep
- DecidedDecided18 Sep
Decided in 53 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 60 days, 4 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
- 27 July 2020
- Last date for comments
- 17 August 2020
- Target decision date
- 20 September 2020
- Permission expires
- 18 September 2023
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Site constraints
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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Associated applications
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ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/21/5646/VOC - 202020 Jul
Change the current use of the building to a multi-use residential & commercial property.
This applicationApprovedFullDC/20/2702/FUL
Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202121 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 - 202126 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 - 202015 Jan
Conversion into a residential dwelling
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/20/0145/FUL - 20161 Jun
Conversion of methodist church into residential dwelling
ApprovedChange of UseDC/16/2285/COU - 201523 Jul
Conversion of former Barnby Methodist Church to residential
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/15/3011/FUL
Source: East Suffolk
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