Liberty House Hepworth Road Market Weston Suffolk IP22 2PF

DC/19/0344/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 22 August 2019

Council decision: Approve applicationPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Retrospective Planning Application - Change of use from single dwelling house (use Class C3) to a holiday let property (sui generis).

Received: 25 February 2019
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: West Suffolk Council
Ward: Barningham

ReceivedReceived25 Feb
ValidatedValidated25 Feb
Consult.Consultation11 Jun
TargetTarget Date22 Apr
DecidedDecided22 Aug

Decided in 178 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Liberty House Hepworth Road Market Weston Suffolk IP22 2PF. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 178 days, 17 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Barningham. We hold 1,540 applications in total for the IP22 postcode area.

94% of full 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

Postcode: IP22 2PF
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Market Weston

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 February 2019
Consultation expiry: 11 June 2019
Consultation start: 4 June 2019
Consultation end: 11 June 2019
Neighbour consultation end: 28 March 2019
Target decision date: 22 April 2019
Committee meeting: 7 August 2019
Permission expires: 22 August 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 2B Market Hill Diss IP32 4JZ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 11 March 2019
Site notice end: 1 April 2019

Appeal

Appeal reference: AP/20/0018/STAND
Appeal status: Appeal decided
Appeal result: Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Documents: 56
Constraints: 4

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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Associated applications

2019
23 Oct
Application to Discharge Condition 3 (noise management plan) and 5 (bin area) of application DC/19/0344/FUL
RefusedDischarge of conditionsDCON(A)/19/0344
2019
25 Feb
Retrospective Planning Application - Change of use from single dwelling house (use Class C3) to a holiday let…
This applicationApprovedFullDC/19/0344/FUL

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: West Suffolk

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