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31 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AF

DC/22/2488/LBCListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent - Alterations to improve accessibility, refurbish dilapidated structure and improve lettable rooms including new fire exit to rear

Received
21 June 2022
Decision due
30 August 2022
Ward
Saxmundham
Agent
Brooks Architects Ltd
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target30 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 August.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (26)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 31 High Street Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1AF. East Suffolk has handled 515 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 June 2022 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Saxmundham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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 1AF
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saxmundham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2022
Last date for comments
18 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Brooks Architects Ltd
Architect profile
BROOKS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
16 Colonial House Leiston Suffolk IP16 4JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
26
Constraints
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Saxmundham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Bell HotelOn this site · +6 more
  • 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

  1. 2022
    21 Jun

    Alterations to improve accessibility, refurbish dilapidated structure and improve lettable rooms including…

    PendingFull ApplicationFiled alongsideDC/22/2487/FUL
  2. 2022
    21 Jun

    Listed Building Consent - Alterations to improve accessibility, refurbish dilapidated structure and improve…

    This applicationPendingListed building consentDC/22/2488/LBC

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