Mill Cottage Butts Road Playford Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9DX
Approved on 27 June 2023
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of ground mounted Solar P.V array
- Received
- 17 March 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Carlford And Fynn Valley
- Agent
- Ian Smillie Architectural Services
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated28 Mar
- Consult.Consultation5 May
- TargetTarget Date23 May
- DecidedDecided27 Jun
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Mill Cottage Butts Road Playford Ipswich Suffolk IP6 9DX. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than East Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Carlford And Fynn Valley. We hold 628 applications in total for the IP6 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
- IP6 9DX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Playford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 March 2023
- Last date for comments
- 5 May 2023
- Target decision date
- 23 May 2023
- Permission expires
- 27 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ian Smillie Architectural Services
- Agent address
- 75 Camden Road Ipswich Suffolk IP3 8JN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
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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Source: East Suffolk
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