Post Office Mill Common Westhall Halesworth Suffolk IP19 8RQ
Approved on 18 March 2024
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Re-development of an existing mixed use property including the demolition to part of an existing first floor and the deconstruction and removal of an existing garage roof in order to define an existing 3 Bed 2 Storey Semi Detached House (Unit 1) with a proposed 1 Bed 2 Storey House (Unit 2) while retaining an existing Class E Commercial Unit with an integral utility and toilet area (Unit 3).The property is served by an existing lay-by and entrances off the Wangford Road, with an existing access drive and parking spaces. Cycle and motor bike storage will be available in the existing outbuilding to the rear of the property together with bin space and storage off the shared courtyard.
- Received
- 22 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Halesworth And Blything
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated9 Jan
- Consult.Consultation26 Feb
- TargetTarget Date5 Mar
- DecidedDecided18 Mar
Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Post Office Mill Common Westhall Halesworth Suffolk IP19 8RQ. East Suffolk has handled 5,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 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 57 applications across Halesworth And Blything. We hold 922 applications in total for the IP19 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
- IP19 8RQ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westhall
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 January 2024
- Last date for comments
- 26 February 2024
- Target decision date
- 5 March 2024
- Permission expires
- 18 March 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 35
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.
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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Source: East Suffolk
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