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1-2 Rectory Cottage The Drift Fornham St Martin IP31 1SU

DC/21/0547/HHHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 16 June 2021

Council decision: Approve applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Householder planning application - a. single storey side link extension to house b. weatherboarding to existing dwelling. As amended by plans received 02 May 2021.

Received
12 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Fornhams And Great Barton
Agent
Thurlow Architects
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 1-2 Rectory Cottage The Drift Fornham St Martin IP31 1SU. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across The Fornhams And Great Barton. We hold 1,716 applications in total for the IP31 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
IP31 1SU
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2021
Consultation expiry
31 May 2021
Consultation start
7 May 2021
Consultation end
28 May 2021
Neighbour consultation end
31 May 2021
Target decision date
20 May 2021
Committee meeting
15 June 2021
Permission expires
16 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Thurlow Architects
Architect profile
THURLOW ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
The Studio 61 Hardwick Lane Bury St. Edmunds IP33 2RB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 April 2021
Advertisement expiry
23 April 2021
Site notice start
14 April 2021
Site notice end
5 May 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09619766
Documents
20
Constraints
10

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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    12 Mar

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