Agricultural Building Park Farm The Street Cavenham Suffolk

DC/17/1095/PMBPAPrior Approval Agriculture to DwellingApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 September 2017

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Prior Approval Application under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment and Consequential Provisions) (England) Order 2015- (i) Change of use of agricultural building to dwellinghouse (Class C3) to create 1no. dwelling (ii) associated operational development

Received: 23 May 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Suffolk Council
Ward: Manor

ReceivedReceived23 May
ValidatedValidated23 May
Consult.Consultation22 Jun
TargetTarget Date18 Jul
DecidedDecided1 Sep

Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Agricultural Building Park Farm The Street Cavenham Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Manor.

82% of outline applications at West Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Prior Approval Agriculture to Dwelling
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Cavenham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 May 2017
Consultation expiry: 23 June 2017
Consultation start: 1 June 2017
Consultation end: 22 June 2017
Target decision date: 18 July 2017
Permission expires: 1 September 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Angel Corner 8 Angel Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1UZ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 2 June 2017
Site notice end: 23 June 2017

Additional information

Documents: 23
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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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